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: "Mr. Carney Mark Edward." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carneymarkedward@superposta.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:26:32 +0200
Subject: De-congestion exercise

Attn: Consignee.
 
There is a de-congestion exercise going on here in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ( ATL ) area port of entry. The de-congestion exercise is expected to remove all the bottlenecks causing delay of consignment clearance at the port and open up spaces for terminal operators to drop laden consignments for customs officers to carry out easy and fast clearance of goods. Because of space constraint we have devised strategy on managing traffic both outside and within the port premises. All Consignments and luggage have been handed over to a secured Courier Company to deliver straight to the beneficiary.
 
Your Cash Consignment has been deposited to Nitro Courier Service as Personal effect to avoid diversion. The Courier Company does not know is cash and it is declared personal effect so that they will not divert it on transit. This Courier Company is a UK based Company and they are the Original freight forwarder.
 
Please contact the Courier Company quoting your consignment serial Number; XX/20010/CL0881.
 
Attn: Mr. Carney Mark Edward.
Email: nitrocourier0@yeah.net
 
They will request your details before they will proceed with the dispatch.
 
Thanks.
 
Mr. Carney Mark Edward.

Anti-fraud resources: