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: "Capt. William Fox" <Army22@iranforce.ir.tn>
Reply-To: <capt.wilfox@lycos.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 15:12:30 +0100
Subject: Urgent& Vital Info For You

Hi
I am writing this email with tears and heavy heart because of what I am facing here trying to defend the world against terrorist threats. My colleagues die on daily basis as a result of incessant suicide bombing and attacks from Isis.
I only pray at this time that your address is still valid. I want to solicit your attention to finally a receive treasury box which contains USD$22Million which I have moved to a location through the assistance of a delivery company which I shall inform you on how to contact the agent upon your response for you to receive the shipment on my behalf for our mutual benefit.

I am Capt.William Fox, an officer in the US Army, I am now redeployed to Afghanistan from Iraq as the last batch just left, and I really need your help in assisting me with the safe keeping of military trunk box. I hope you can be trusted?

If you can be trusted, I will explain further when I get a response from you. Read the link below for hints:
http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1103032.html

God bless you and thanks for cooperation in advance.

PLEASE REPLY AT MY PRIVATE EMAIL: capt.wilfox@lycos.com

Best Regards,
Capt.William Fox
US ARMY

Anti-fraud resources: