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: "George Johnson" <george@bbconline.co.uk>
Reply-To: georgejohnson.bbc45@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 17:56:29 -0300
Subject: RE




Ref: BCC/444132/1201
Batch: 299/523004/BBCNT

Congratulation!!!!

We want to officially inform you that your email address was selected as
the result of BBC Lottery online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws
of 7th August, 2014 has just been released and we are glad to announce to
you that your email address won you the sweep prize in the first category
and you are entitled to claim the sum of (£7,500,000.00).

A payment of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling
(£7,500,000.00) has been deposited for payment to owner of this email
address. You have to send the follow information to the assigned agent
below.

1. Full Names: 2. Address: 3. Country:. Occupation & Age:...Direct phone
number: 5. scan copy of your ID

Best Regard

Mr. George Johnson
Your online coordinator
BBC National Lottery

Anti-fraud resources: