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: "Mr .Kent Williams" <info@uba.com>
Reply-To: <kent.williams19@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 01:27:02 -0700
Subject: Director cash processing unit

 
1 Justice Park Dr, Houston, TX 77092, USA
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Address
Phone:+1 908 445 6927
                                 FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS URGENT MAIL WITH 24HRS ATTRACTS PENALTY
FRAUD ALERT :   This office demands your urgent attention relating to your current and on-going online fraud transaction all over the world and in African countries like, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cotonou etc, and we detected that you do not have Money Laundering Clearance Certificate to back up the transaction,you are therefore advised to get back to this office within 24hrs for proper investigation else you shall face the penalty as we currently have your address and your ID CARD , our office here will send a notification to our branch office in your country for immediate arrest and it attracts 2years in jail for money laundering or you obtain the Money Laundering Clearance Certificate from our office here ones we receive your response.
You shall hence not receive any mail from our office anymore if you do not respond as we shall be coming after you shortly.
Signed Fbi Monitoring Team
Investigating Manager
Mr .Robert Mueller
www.fbi-money.laundering/php
 

Anti-fraud resources: