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: "CYNTHIA FIFAME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cynthia.fifame@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 07:47:21 +0100
Subject: HURRY URGENT

I WAS DIRECTED BY OUR CUSTOMER MR PETER THOMAS TO RELEASE 500,000.00 EROUS TO YOU,BE INFORMED THAT THE FUNDS ARE RELEASE FROM PETER THOMAS ACCOUNT, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE YOUR PHONR NUNBER, THE FUNDS IS IN DRAFT BUT IF YOU WHICH WE CAN REVERT IT TO BANK TO BANK TRANSFER OR VIA ATM CARD.
FEEL FREE AND CONTACT ME TO ENABLE ME GIVE TO YOU THE INDICTATION OF HOW YOU CAN GET TO YOUR FUNDS IMMEDIATELY.
REPLY TO; ( cynthia.fifame@yahoo.com )
TEL;+22999273959
SINCERELY
CYNTHIA FIFAME.
.

---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Anti-fraud resources: