|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jennifer1v2john@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Jennifer Martins <jennifer1v2john@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 19:59:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hello Dear
Hello Dear, Sorry for breaking into you my name is Miss. Jennifer, I got your
email contact through the internet while searching for an honest and sincere
loving person whom I can trust, so I thought it is necessary to discuss
something very important with you. You can please contact me through this email
direction below so that i can discuss something very important with you. Etc.
On hearing from you I will reply you and send my pictures to you. Please below
is my private email address (jennifer1v2john@yahoo.com) in which I want you to
send your reply to and as soon as I receive your reply I will reply you and
send to you my pictures : Email: (jennifer1v2john@yahoo.com).
Thanks and remain blessed.
Miss.Jennifer.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
