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: " John Walton" <mobay@mobay.com.br>
Reply-To: seankennedy190@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:18:09 -0700
Subject: Do you need a loan?


Dear Sir / Madam,

We are offering loans to the public with a very low rate of 3% per annual. We offer out personal and business loans. Here are some few questions from us: Are you in debts? Do you want to pay of your debts? Are you in debt and you need an urgent loan? Do you need a real estate loan? Do you need secured or unsecured loan? Do you have plans in expanding your business? Do you want to get your self financially equipped? If yes then contact us and you will be given the best of all financial support. Many are out there that needs financial assistance with no opportunity But this is an opportunity you can't afford to miss. We are out in the world to get most people that needs financial assistance financially equipped. For more
information contact us via email:

We loan from $2,000 to $5,000,000 with a maximum time duration of 10 years. For more information's, contact us as soon as possible.

Borrower's Information's
Name:
Location:
Phone Number:
Amount Needed:
Duration:
Age:
Occupation:

Thanks for your patronage!

Sean Kennedy
Fidelity Investment

Anti-fraud resources: