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: Swift Courier Company <online898230@telkomsa.net>
Reply-To: Swift Courier Company <swiftdeliveryc@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 10:18:48 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: YOUR PACKAGE FROM SWIFT COURIER COMPANY

Attention Recipient,

This email is coming to you as a constant reminder concerning your pending package which was Registered in our custody by United Nation/Western union Money Transfer. The Package contains an international certify Bank Draft in your favour and in the amount of $850,000.00 ( Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars ) with attached covering letter. The Package was registered with your details, you are to fill the below details again before we can enter it into our database and generate online tracking code for you to be able to track the package online until you receive it

1). Your Full-Name:
2). Resident Address:
3). Phone Number:

The package will leave Lagos-Nigeria this evening by 18:00GMT, you have to immediately re-confirm your details above for us.

Note: You will only pay $40 for insurance, Immediately we receive the $40 today, we will send you waybill

Waiting for your immediate reply.

Regards
Swift Courier Dispatch Officer

Anti-fraud resources: