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: "theron1958@libero.it" <theron1958@libero.it>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:50:12 +0100 (CET)
Subject: 2014 USA CONFERENCE/INVITATION!!!


Dear Colleagues,

You
are cordially invited to participate in the forth-coming conference /
California Human Welfare Foundation (CHWF) Against Economic Crisis,
Prostitution, Human Trafficking and child abuse,is scheduled to take
place from January 28th – 31th, 2014 at the Disneyland &amp; Convention
Center in Disney USA Los Angeles California. and from February
03rd-07th, 2014 at Saint-Louis Conference Center Saint-Louis in
Senegal,West -Africa. The California Human Welfare Foundation Against
Economic Crisis, Prostitution, Human Trafficking and child abuse,
conference is being Organized and sponsored by the Bill &amp; Melinda
Gates Foundation, The William J. Clinton Foundation and other benevolent
donors worldwide.

Note that
all interested delegates that requires entry visa to enter the United
States to attend this meeting will be assisted by the organization, in
obtaining the visa in their passport. Free air round trip tickets to
attend this meeting will be provided to all participants. The Workshop
welcomes paper presentation from any interested participants willing to
present papers during the meeting.

For registration information you are to contact the conference secretariat via Email: (secretary_richardsdaniella@aol.com )

Please share the information with your colleagues.

Sincerely,
Mrs Natalia TiiNa
E-mail:(natalia_tiina@aol.com)
Member organizing committee
International Conference on California Human Welfare Foundation .

Anti-fraud resources: