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: "Mrs Linda Alex" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ritajohnson22@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 08:59:14 -0500
Subject: Re; UNPAID COMPENSATION FUND.

I am Mrs. Linda Alex; I am a US citizen, 54 years Old.
 
 
 
I am Mrs. Linda Alex; I am a US citizen, 54 years Old. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation Fund Scam in Nigeria and many other Africa Countries many years ago and they scam me and refused to pay me, I had paid over $200,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail. So I decided to travel over to Washington D.C with all my compensation documents, and I was directed to meet the FBI AGENT Rita Johnson, who is a member of FBI and COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted her and she explained everything to me.
 
She said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake, she took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment .
Right, now I have received my compensation funds of $5,900,000.00 Moreover, Rita Johnson , showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people that claim to have your funds, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you,scamming you and never get anything in return.
I will advise you to contact Rita Johnson the Director of the  Treasurer Department in USA directly through the below information and you should also provide her with your Names and address, Phone Number,Age and occupation,sex so she can start processing your paper works for your transfer,  through Online Banking, and you will have it moved into your personal account. If you found this  message in yor spam box kindly move it immedaitely and start contacting her for your transfer.the earlier the better because the transfer  might be terminated by the bank because of the upcoming holiday.
AWARD COMPENSATION HOUSE
Name: Rita Johnson
Email: (   Ritajohnson22@mail.com  )
telephone #: +17735993086
 
You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing. The only money I paid after I met Rita Johnson was just $250 for the fast transfer of my compensation funds into my own personal account, take note of that because that the only money she will ever ask you to pay also.
Thank You and Be Blessed.
Mrs. Linda Alex
Childrens Hospital Outpant Ctr
Columbia, SC 292

Anti-fraud resources: