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: "ATM CARD UNIT" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: file_info29@aol.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 14:06:35 +0500
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED TO ENABLE DISPATCH YOUR ATM CARD TODAY...

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider, I urge you to treat it genuinely.


USA Homeland Security Department.
Office Address: 3801 Nebraska Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20016, United States.

I’m Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas, The new secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland security appointed by President Joe Biden.

We have registered your ATM CARD valued (USD $12.5 Million) with DHL as a stimulus compensation to all our lucky generated randomly through email and Beneficiary assigned at the latest private meeting held with Mr. President on current administration for global empowerments which you are listed among the luckiest citizens.

Reply back with requested below information before i will contact director of DHL in your state.

1*YOUR FULL NAME::::::
2*HOME ADDRESS::::::::
3*PHONE NUMBER::::::::
4*SEX:::

I look forward to hearing from you on the receipt of this email.

Secretary

Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas

U.S.A Department Of Homeland Security.
Washington DC.

Office Email...
file_info29@aol.com

Anti-fraud resources: