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"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.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNET CRIME WATCH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internetcrimewatch2000@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 05:02:30 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOU (READ AND REPLY)

GOOD DAY TO YOU.

This is to bring to your notice that The United Nations Commission has resolved in a Meeting with Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC)to pay 50 419 scam victims $200,000.00(Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)each and you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various part of west Africa countries which includes(NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO,GHANA CAMERON AND SENEGAL)and they are all in our custody. We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists.The United Nation Anti-Crime commission and the United state Government have ordered the money recovered from the scammers to be shared among 50 lucky people around the global.

This email is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody,so you are therefore being compensated with $200,000.00 Dollars.we have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers,bank officials,lottery Agent who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such fund which does not exist.You are advise to contact Barr Perry Rico via email as he is in charge of legal papers and transfer of compensation funds to you.

Perry Rico & Associates
Barrister Perry Rico {Esq}
Attorney At Law
Email: barrperry_rico1@lawyer.com

Do contact him and get back to us Soonest.
Mr Cosmos Bigiano.
INTERNET CRIME WATCH(I.C.W.D)
CC:UNITED NATION COMISSION
CC:ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISION

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