|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "LLoyds Bank TSB" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:23:31 +0300
Subject: Important security advisor ,
Dear valued customer ,
Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the
Lloyds TSB account we have issued this warning message.
It has come to our attention that your account
information needs to be updated as part
of our continuing commitment to protect your account and
to reduce the instance of fraud on our website.
Please download the document attached to this
e-mail to Login and update information.
Once you have updated your account records your account
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.
LLoyds TSB UK Bank online
Security Advisor,
|
Anti-fraud resources:
