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: "Adam" <fms@liaisonhub.biz>
Reply-To: admin@manosa.com
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:12:08 -0800
Subject:


2020 ONLINE WEB PROMOTION
WINNING NOTIFICATION !
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WIN $3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars )
YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON YOU $3,000,000,00(Three Million US Dollars ) in the
first category of our computer ballot 2020 free financial support Promo
prize organizing by VGF Inc Istanbul Turkey center
Your Winning Ticket no is: IV989804MNXH and your Batch no is
:5273DUL/WIN/IVS.
No ticket was sold but our organization put this program to support and
contribute significantly to alleviation of poverty in the world so your
email ID was among the selected ID to be compensated this year by VGF Inc
Istanbul Turkey.
To receive your prize, you are requested to contact our Payment Agent In
charge of Your Region in our Istanbul Turkey office and send your full
details including your full name, Address, Nationality, Your Mobile phone
number and your winning ticket and Batch number to [admin@manosa.com]:
All winnings must be claimed not later than 30days;
Sincerely Yours,
Adam Williams
(ANNOUNCER)
VGF INC. PROMO AWARD
Istanbul Turkey


Anti-fraud resources: