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 Marina Luda" <no_reply@alibaba.com>
Reply-To: btganichambers@qq.com
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 17:41:50 -0400
Subject: DIRECTION ON HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR FUNDS


Attn: My Dear, I am Mrs Marina Luda, I am a US citizen, 51 years Old. I re=
side here in Silver Springs Florida. My residential address is as follows. =
7008 E Hwy 326 Silver Springs Florida 34488, United States, am thinking of =
relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Com=
pensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid =
over US$20,000 while in the US, trying to get my payment all to no avail. S=
o I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, A=
nd I was directed to meet Barrister Tony Gani, who is the member of COMPENS=
ATION AWARD COMMITTEE, and I contacted him and he explained everything to m=
e. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake. He took me to =
the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am th=
e most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation fund=
s of $2.5 Million US Dollars Moreover, Barrister Tony Gani, showed me the f=
ull information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw y=
our email address as one of the beneficiaries, that is why I decided to ema=
il you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they=
are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Barrister T=
ony Gani. You have to contact him directly on this information below. COMPE=
NSATION AWARD HOUSE Name : Barrister Tony Gani Email: btganichambers@qq.com=
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 h=
ave nothing. The only money I paid after I met Barrister Tony Gani was just=
US$550 for the paper works, take note of that. As soon as you contact him =
he will send you the payment information which you are to use in sending th=
e payment to him in order for him to obtain the document from the court of =
law there in Nigeria so that your fund can be transfer to you without any d=
elay just the way mine was being transfer to me. Send him the following det=
ails if you know you are ready to have your FUNDS so that as soon as he rec=
eive your information he will send to you the payment details for sending h=
im the $550 USD that is needed for him to get the document that is needed t=
o make the transfer a successful one and that is that only payment i made t=
o Barrister Tony Gani and he help me in the transferring of my FUNDS and i =
most say that you have to contact him so that he will help you the way he h=
elp me to Get my FUNDS without any further payment. Fill Out the informatio=
n to him if you are ready to get your FUNDS Your Full Name:............... =
Direct Phone:.................... Country................. Occupation:.....=
................ Gender:......... Age:.............. Once again stop contac=
ting those people, I will advise you to contact Barrister Tony Gani so that=
he can help you to Deliver your fund instead of dealing with those liars t=
hat will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to comple=
te your transaction. Thank You and Be Blessed. Mrs Marina Luda . 7008 E Hwy=
326 Silver Springs Florida 34488, United States=20

Anti-fraud resources: