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: Pedro Luis <atmcarddelivery30@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dhlcompa.nypedroluis@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:15:46 +0200
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED

ATTENTION..

THIS IS TO VERIFIED YOU THAT YOU ARE ALIVE OR YOU ARE DEAD BECAUSE MRS
JOY FRANKLIN COME'S TO OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING AND SHE HAS ALREADY
STATED EVERY THING IN YOUR PRESENT THAT YOU ARE NOT ALIVE YOU ARE
DEAD, THAT IS WHY WE DECIDED TO NOTIFIED YOU THAT SOME ONE COME TO
CALMS YOUR FUNDS WHICH IS SUM OF $12.5million Dollars IN YOUR PRESENT
AND WE REQUESTED EVERY THING FROM HER THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SEND
HER TO COME AND CALMS YOUR FUNDS OF SUM OF $12.5million Dollars WITH
YOUR CONFRONTATION DITA LS .

MOREOVER IN THE PROCESS OF THIS ISSUER OF YOUR FUND THAT IN THE DHL
CURIAL COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC OFFICE THAT IS ALWAYS DELIVERY FUND S TO
THE OWNERS OF THE FUND WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DELAYING AND NO STOPPAGE
TO YOUR HOME ADDRESS WITH OUT MISSING YOUR DOORSTEP.

AFTER SHE HAS STATED EVERY THING TO US WE DEMAND OWNERSHIP
CERTIFICATE FROM HER TO BE SURE THAT BEFORE WE SHOULD DELIVER THE FUND
TO HER DOORSTEP WITH OUT ANY STOPPAGE OKAY.
BELOW DOWN THE INFORMATION WHERE YOU CAN USE TO SEND THE NEEDED FEE IT
WILL COST HER SOME OF¨$490 DOLLAR BEFORE WE WILL COMMERCE EVERY THING
TODAY WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DELAYING OKAY.

SO TRY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SEND THE REQUIRED FEE SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER
YOUR FUND TO YOUR DOORSTEP TODAY WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DELAYING OKAY

BELLOW IS THE INFORMATION WHERE TO SEND THE REQUIRED FEE THROUGH
WESTERN.UNION OR MONEY GRAM OFFICE TO ENABLE US TO DELIVER YOUR FUND
TO YOU WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DELAYING.

SO YOU HAVE TO CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS
EMAIL(dhlcompa.nypedroluis@yahoo.com.hk)OR CALL +229)99_869_135
SEND THE MONEY USING
BELOW INFORMATION;

1.RECEIVER NAME:====MR.BASIL NDU
COUNTRY:=====BENIN REPUBLIC .
3.CITY :===========COTONOU.
4.TEST QUESTION:=======HONEST
5.TEST ANSWER:==========PAYMENT
6.AMOUNT:==============$90 00 USD,
MTCN....................
YOUR URGENT RESPOND IS HIGHLY NEEDED .
REGARD
Pedro Luis

----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

Anti-fraud resources: