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: WESTERN UNION AGENT <"www."@rose.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: WESTERN UNION AGENT <westernd.unionmoneytransfer@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2017 01:41:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear Customer

Attention

two payment was sent to you through WESTERN UNION $5000 each, HERE is the sender information.MTCN 739-189-6284,sender name. Rose Ikeal, second payment information. MTCN: 296-688-3515, sender name,Robert Dewar,it is available for pick up at western union now Contact western union Email(westernd.unionmoneytransfer@yahoo.com), Call them with they phone +1(202) 843-8120)Bear it mind that you must pay $169 for the INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE AUTHORIZATION FORM before Dr.Samson Dan will release the MISSING number to you for picking the $10000, today If you cannot pay this $169 don't respond so that we should cancel the $10000 immediately.and also cancel your total fund

Your Name.............
Your Phone number.....
Your Occupation.......
Your Email............

Best Regards.
WESTERN UNION AGENT

Anti-fraud resources: