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: "Rev. Kevin Yong" <federal.comey@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Rev. Kevin Yong" <tntdliverycompany@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:32:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATM Card ($10.8m)



Good Day,

This is to bring to your notice that, I have paid the delivery fee of your ATM,I paid it because the ATM Card ($10.8m) has few weeks to expire and when it expires, the money will go into Government purse. With that I decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM will not be expire,because I know when you get your ATM definitely you must send my money back with co-operation.

Now I want you to contact The TNT Company in Benin so that they will deliver your ard to your address without any delay.Like i stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid. Note I deposited it with the company yesterday.Below Is the Company Contact Information

Manager.Contact person Rev. Kevin Yong
Email: ( tntdliverycompany@qq.com )
Tell +229 98760438
This is what he will required from you.
Your Full Name......
Your Private Telephone ......
Your Address where the ATM will be deliver to ....
Country/Region......
Regards,
MR.John Kelly

Anti-fraud resources: