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: "OBC TRADE CO,LTD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jackgnus2007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 08:10:48 -0500
Subject: OBC TRADE CO,LTD from DALIAN CHINA(DEALERS ON SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTS,HEAVY MECHINARIES AND HOSPITAL EQUIPMENTS)

Hello,
 
    This is Jack ,we are comprehensive Trading Company, OBC TRADE CO,.  LTD, from China. We do, GEO TEXTILES, HEAVY MACHINERY and SOLAR PRODUCTS  trading business. We have Customers from USA,JAPAN,CANADA,EUROPE,even AFRICA.
 
       This is our website:  http://www.obctrade.icoc.cn
 
       If there is anything we can do to help you, we shall be more than pleased to do so. See if we can enter into business relation with you.
 
     We assure you of our best services at all times. We will do everything possible to give you whatever information you desire.
 
Sincerely
 
Jack gnus

Anti-fraud resources: