joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Lawman Jude" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lawmanjude@sify.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:12:53 +0100
Subject: Get Intouch With Skyline Delivery Company Immediately For Your Package:

Dear Friend

Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.5 MILLION) United States Dollars, but didn't hear from you since. Then i went and deposited the Bank Draft with SKYLINE DELIVERY, COTONOU,COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC,before I traveled out of the country for a short Course and i will not come back till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact SKYLINE DELIVERY COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charges, The only money you will pay to courier & Security Company to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is($98.00) only being their Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $98.00, I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of dumorrage.You have to contact the SKYLINE DELIVERY COMPANY now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow.

E-mail ...... consult.skylinebj@live.fr
Phone........ +229-9824-6485
Reg. No...... wwdsc/xxx/100

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $98.00 for their immediate action.You should also Let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note; SKYLINE DELIVERY COMPANY do not know the contents of the parcel. I registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent to a friend overseas. They do not know that it contains a bank draft of such a huge amount of money, this is to avoid them tempering with the package. Do not let them know the contents of the parcel. I am waiting to hear the good news from you.

Regards,
Rev. Lawman Jude

Anti-fraud resources: