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: maheshkumar.ym@callhealth.co.in
Reply-To: maviswanczyk009@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 20:38:37 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?b?SWNoIHNwZW5kZSDigqwxLjgwMC4wMDAsMDAgYW4gU2ll?=

Mein Name ist Mavis Wanczyk, Gewinner des Power-Ball-Jackpots im August 2017, $758,7 Millionen. Ich spende €1.800.000,00 an Sie. Kontaktieren Sie mich per E-Mail: maviswanczyk009@gmail.com für Info/Anspruch.
Disclaimer: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender or notesinfo@callhealth.com immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender or CallHealth Services Private Limited therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.


Anti-fraud resources: