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. Helen Giamma" <helengiamma13@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Helen Giamma" <benardwilliams88@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 06:09:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary This message is from Federal ministry of finance Benin Republic, we are to let you know that we have finally concluded with UBA Bank Benin to release your full compensation payment of $2.5Million US Dollars to you through Money Gram and you will be receiving the sum of $15000.00 us dollars daily and First payment has been sent: Reference: to you, 1 Your First Name.......... 2Your Second Name......... 3Your Country........... 4Your City.............. Telephone...... Home Address: O




Anti-fraud resources: