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: "Debbie Santos" <rpc@cdkcrm.com>
Reply-To: info@usacharityservice.us
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:46:07 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?F=C3=A9licitations_gagnant=3A_Don_de_secours?=

Cher destinataire,

Je suis Debbie Santos de la Skoll Foundation, en collaboration avec l'organisation Americares, nous aidons les gens du monde entier en cette période de pandémie de COVID-19, aidant les familles et les propriétaires d'entreprises à se maintenir financièrement en mettant leur contact dans un tirage de loterie, donc nous disons félicitations, votre email a gagné un don de (€) 600 000
Pour activer votre don, contactez-nous via: info@usacharityservice.us
Whatsapp: +1 (469) 3516063

Voici votre code de don: [TIUF78319]

Anti-fraud resources: