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: "ALWALEED FOUNDATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <apexhomedept@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 07:16:38 -0700
Subject: Batch Number:APEX-ENGINE0537

Ref Number:APLUK/9GM/3688
Batch Number:APEX-ENGINE0537

Dear E-mail User,
We are happy to inform you that your E-mail has just won you the sum of
GBP 2,500,000 in our annual electronic online sweepstakes organized by Apex Foundation International as part of Poverty alleviation program and social corporate responsibilities

Do contact this email address: apexfdclaimsunit@qq.com for more details on how you are to claim your cash prize.

These are the requirements for claim:
Name:
Home Address:
Tel:
occupation:
Age:

Warm Regards
Apex Charity Org Int'l.
ALT: apexfdationhome@qq.com

Anti-fraud resources: