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: "Agent to Investors" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmednigelbakeroffice@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 04:26:04 -0000
Subject: We can finance that your big project...

Dear Sir,
We have banking instrument SBLC , LC , DLC, B.G, .
Wanting to monetize and sell, looking for companies on Individuals that have multi Million dollars projects that needs it to facilitate their projects. We deal with reputable banks and their are comfortable instruments. Contact us as we are willing and able to work with you. No single dollar is require from you from the beginning of any transaction with us to the end.
Thanks,
Wait your response for more details.

Ahmed
(Agent to Investors)
ventas@mapublicidad.com.ar

Anti-fraud resources: