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: "Euro Milliones Board" <users@hispanicgrados.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:02:29 +0200
Subject: Euro Milliones Board

Dear Sir/Madam,
http://www.euro-millions.com
We wish to congratulate that this email emerged success in our computer Balloting program. This is a Millennium Scientific Electronic Computer Games in which email addresses were used.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.
This email address drew and have won the sum of 750,000 Euros ( Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file with REFERENCE NUMBER: ESP/WIN/009/07/10/MA WINNING NUMBER : 14-17-24-34-37-45-16 BATCH NUMBERS : EULO/1007/444/606/0
.
To claim your winning prize, you are to contact the appointed agent below as
soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with the below
details

AXA SEGUROS S. A.
Contact Person: Mr. Cliford Mark. ( Foreign Operations Manager )
Tel-0034-672-581-711
Fax-0034-911-820-312
Email: axasegurosmark@aol.com
Congratulations once again from all our staffs.
Mrs Hector Palmira. (Secretary)
Euro Milliones Board.


******* This notice has been strictly verified by the Head Anti-Scam
Lottery Commission (anti-fraud unit spain), normalized only for the
intented recipient.*******

Anti-fraud resources: