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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <rooneyfoxseniordispatchofficer@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:36:10 -0800
Subject: Winning Notification

EUROPEAN MILLIONS NATIONAL LOTTERY :

This is to inform you that you have benefited
One Million Euros (€1,000,000.00) from the Euro Millions is a European lottery that takes place twice a week,on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Whereas national lotteries are generally limited to the residents of one particular country, the Euro Millions lottery pools the stakes of the participating European countries.

This obviously makes the prizes a great deal larger than in national lotteries even in normal circumstances Cash Benefit and your email address was picked via computer balloting TOPAZ which made you
the rightful benefactor.

NOTE that this cash benefit is geared towards eradicating poverty allover the world before.

Do get back to us now with the means you would want your funds remitted to you either bank to bank transfer or a certified check delivered to you along with the following details and NOTE that this cash benefit is geared towards eradicating poverty allover the world before 2015 which is one of the goals of the European lottery.

Also Note that it is your duty to pay for the Transfer fees of your funds to you.

Fill This Form Below And Email It Back To Us Now.

FULL NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
MOBILE NUMBER:
Your Marital Status:

Email: RasheedKarimra@live.com
Yours Faithfully,
On-line Co-coordinator.

NOTE : If You Receive This Message In Your
Junk Or Spam Its Due To Your Internet
Provider.

Anti-fraud resources: