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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: <v.badin@centrum.cz>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 22:06:23 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Hello_with_you=2C_very_expensive_friendly?=

Hello
I Am JAMES CARRIDOS, I am lawyer with the bar. I, contact you following a very great search for your name which I managed to have your address e-mail. I excuse myself for this e-mail which a little will surprise you, because we do not know each other before, but, I leave with the hands of the creator sky of the ground which wanted that I contact you. The goal of my contact, is to propose a very important business to you that I go you ask of good lira for the continuation and to understand. If you do not understand. Thank you for me contact so that I give you more details. Currently in a bank account a sum rising to 5.5 US dollars million is. Belonging to my customer who is deceased.
While not leaving behind him, no person for the claim of the funds. I contact you for a collaboration, in some time the Central bank of the government, will confiscate all the not claimed funds. They are individual and these sums are shared by the board of directors. In made, and if I do not do anything by then the funds of customers will be confiscated by the bank.
Your role will be very simple, you go contact the bank of which here the address: aib_bank@aol.fr
And to claim the funds, the bank will not have the engaged choice only procedure for the withdrawal of the 5.5 US dollars million with you. Me, I will undertake to provide you all possible information so that you do not encounter any problem all the way along the procedure. Thereafter, you and me let us go share it 50%. Then if you to interest write me has the address above.
Contact E-mail: smith.cabinetjames@yahoo.com
I expect your answer to tell you how we go proceed

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