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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: "DHL ALERT " <"www."@lilac.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: dipl.hmike@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:12:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DHL PACKAGE ALERT!

Dear Customer,

We received your Visa Debt card valued( $2.150 million USD ) your Inheritance Funds which was returned to our office here in Washington,according to the latter attached to the parcel you provided wrong address(333-23 Avenue South West, Suite 300, T2S 3E6 Calgary, Canada),and that was the reason why it was returned to DHL Office here in Washington. We need the reconfirmation of the below information correctly to enable us dispatch your VISA DEBIT CARD to your address.

Your Name===
Address====
Telephone#===
Your ID ===

CONTACT OUR AGENT.Henry Nikeson in Washington Via BELOW INFORMATION.
Sequim WA 98382 USA
Contact E-mail: (dipl.hmike@hotmail.com)
Tel:(415) 236-7329.

Please follow the instruction so your fund can get to you within 48hrs.


Best Regards
Micheal Ugoru.
DHL EXPRESS.

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