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: "CAPTAIN ANTHONY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cptanthony18@skymail.mn>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 01:24:33 -0400
Subject: TOP URGENT PLEASE, FROM CAPTAIN ANTHONY

Dear Friend,

I know you will be surprised to read my email. I got your contact from your Email domain, apart from being surprise you may be skeptical to reply me because based on what is happening on the internet world, one has to be very careful because a lot of scammers are out there to scam innocent citizens and this has made it very difficult for people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is a different case

I am In 4th Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment unit here in Iraq,looking for a chainsaw to cut down a tree next door to our headquarters here in Baghdad stumbled upon a king's ransom.

I can't keep these funds so i want to move the funds to you to keep it In your safe account.The money is legit. If you are interested get back to me for details.You may wish to confirm with this link.

http://www.jonathanforeman.com/military/nyp_iraq/04192003_chest.html
http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-20-1-1.cfm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm


Please reply to cptanthony18@skymail.mn


This business is risk free.
Captain Anthony

Anti-fraud resources: