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: "U.S.A TREASUREY OFFICE" <cicka60@panet.rs>
Reply-To: sprksjeffery@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:11:25 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Message from Department of US Treasury




Message from Department of US Treasury office in Washington DC, We are
hereby informing you today about your fund here in our custody.since, $6.8
Million United States

Dollars,if you want your fund to Release to you Please do get back to us
with your Full Information where to send your fund to you, Thanks,
Address:Suite 510 740 15th

Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20220 USA,
Mr.Jeffery Sparks,
Phone +1(202) 794-9397

Anti-fraud resources: