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: "Jennifer T. Vaughn"
Reply-To: <zenithgroups@foxmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 20:29:13 +0000
Subject: Legal Information!


Central Fund Of Canada
Hallmark Estates, Suite 508
1323-15th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T3X 1X8

Legal Notice!

My name is Mrs. Jennifer T. Vaughn, The Auditing Manager of the Department Of Antiques and Treasury, Central Fund Of Canada, My office keeps valuables and inheritance for safe keeping. You have been made beneficiary of a safe deposit box which is with our security company.

We have an agreement to contact you once time for it to be in their custody elapses. We apologise for contacting you via an unsecured channel but email is the only way to contact you for now due to the time deadline.

Kindly email Morgan Walker on zenithgroups(at)foxmail.com, with a confirmation of your full name(s), Cell phone number and current contact/shipping details.

Jennifer T. Vaughn
Auditing Manager
Central Fund Of Canada
________________________________
The information contained within the referenced, linked, or directed email communication is intended to be a confidential communication between the original sender and recipient, and is to be treated as confidential. All works, ideas, or copy within are copyrighted by MedTrust, LLC and are not to be used in any manner other by which they were intended by MedTrust, LLC If you believe you have received this or any other email in error, please contact administrator@medtruststaffing.com

Anti-fraud resources: