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: "Mrs. Maria," <m.maria17@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 18:14:38 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend. My private email address is (mrsmariay@foxmail.com)





I am Mrs. Maria, the Head of file Department in Bankof Africa. I seek your assistance and I amassured of your capability to champion this business opportunity, to remit thesum of $10.5 million U S dollars into your account. If you are interestedplease let me know so that i can send you the full details of this transaction.I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, while 10% will be set aside forall expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me. If you areinterested to execute this business with me, you should contact me in myprivate email and provide me the below requested information to avoid anydelays, and I will furnish you with more elaborate information. My privateemail address is (mrsmariay@foxmail.com)
(1)Your Name
(2)Your age.........................
(3)Your occupation..................
(4)Your full residential address...............
(5)Your private phone and fax number I await your
prompt response. Best regards,Email(mrsmariay@foxmail.com)
call me if you are instrested +226 65369757

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Mrs. Maria


Anti-fraud resources: