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: "Eng Al-fares Hafiz Raheem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfareshafiz@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 16:58:41 -0700
Subject: GoodDay

Attn;
How are you today?,Why i contacted you is I want if you can tell me more about good investment in your country so that i could relocate my investment planning to your beautiful country, out of Syria, Now that Syria security and our Economic independent as be lost to the greatest lower level, and our culture has been lost forever and our happiness has been taken away from us, i will like to relocate my family out from Syria to a better place I will believe whatever you may brief me about any good ways, to invest my fund properly, It will be highly recommended. Tell me more about your country how good it will be to invest in your country Cities, Such as buying of properties houses, Building real estate and some tourist places.
Regards,
Eng Al-fares Hafiz Raheem
Al Furat Petroleum Company
www.afpc-sy.com/

Anti-fraud resources: