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: "BOVINA FINANCIAL SERVICES"<ggirolami@afsca.gob.ar>
Reply-To: Financiersworldwid@qq.com
Date: Thu, 05 May 2016 15:06:25 +0100
Subject: Loan Offering


We are sincere Government well registered and certified private moneylender=
permitted to render financial assistant to individual and cooperate bodies=
, ranging from the Amount of $5,000 to $100,000,000 Million Dollars ,Euro a=
nd Pounds with long loan repayment period of 1 year to 50 years. Loan Avail=
able now are Business, Personal, House,Travel and Student Loans. Apply for =
a loan today. Its Easy and fast to get at 2% interest rates and monthly ins=
tallment payments. Check-out this great offer. If you are interested do get=
back us with these information,Your Name: Address:City:Country:Phone:Amoun=
t Needed:Loan Duration: Regards Mr. Mike Scott=20

Anti-fraud resources: