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: CAPChoice Solutions <mpweekly@omghk.com>
Reply-To: johnb_ccl@msn.com
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:53:12 +0100
Subject: Re



Hello Sir/Ma

Are you desperately in need of a loan? Have you been denied of a loan from your bank or
any financial firm or institution? Do you need financial assistance? Do you need a loan
to pay off your bills, debt or buy a home? Do you want to have a business of your own and
you need financial loan assistance? Contact us today for your financial help. We are
willing to help you out on either business or personal loans. Offers are available and at
affordable interest rate of 3.2%. Interested Persons or companies should contact us via e-
mail

Best Regards,
Mr. John Broussard,





------------
Disclaimer

The information contained in this email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named
above and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended
recipient, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this message. Please delete this message and
notify us immediately by e-mail. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message by anyone
other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed
to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender or One Media Group does not accept liability for
any errors or omissions.

Save the Environment, Use Resources Wisely
Before you print this mail, please think of the environment

Anti-fraud resources: