|
|
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: gnc foundation <gncfoundaion90@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:12:04 -0800
Subject: http://www.cafod.org.uk
--
CAFOD ORG.
Head office in South London.
CAFOD, Romero Close, Stockwell Road,
London SW9 9TY United Kingdom.
http://www.cafod.org.uk
Attn. Beneficiary,
Cafod Organization approved the sum of $200.000.00 US Dollars to be used to
aid the less privileged people and orphanages/Widows in your Country.
We have chosen you as the recipient of this fund to be used in Your Country
for this purposes and you were chosen with trust Recommendation and kindly
note that we will inquire on how you utilized this fund to the afore
mentioned programme in your Community as we have directed.
We will direct you on how to claim this fund Donations as you replied to
this Email notice and do send your Full address and Phone Numbers.
Congratulations.
Yours Faithfully
Mrs. Jane Thomas
|
Anti-fraud resources:
