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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: BILLIE WOODS <billiewoods371@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: ups_dc200@barid.com
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:06:35 -0200
Subject: CONTACT UPS COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR ATM CARD.



Attention,

You Are Expected To Call UPS +234 8166 413768 once You Receive this Email as
(ECO BANK) has finalize all the necessary
arrangement and your fund $4.8m USD has been converted into ATM CARD, this
moment your ATM CARD is in UPS OFFICE waiting for your Address where
to deliver it.
Below is the information the UPS COURIER COMPANY need from you for the
delivery
of your ATM CARD;

Your name___
Your country__
Your address___
You’re Age/sex__
Your occupation
Direct phone number__

This is your registration code (JKT110948G) keep note of that the only fee you
are to sending is the sum of $69 USD which is the security keeping fee.

Contact person: Dr. Victor Brown
(ups_dc200@barid.com)
Telephone +234 8166 4137 68

Best Regard

Barr. Billie Woods


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