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: "Mrs. Veronica Amadi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amadiveronica234@live.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:42:08 +0100
Subject: ABOUT YOUR FUNDS WITH CBN

Top secret.
I want to inform you about your foreigners Inheritance funds with the Federal Government of Nigeria, value 12.5million (USD) reason why you have not yet received your payment is because there are a lot of people working against you right from the last CBN Governor Prof Charles Soludo and the current Governor Sansui Lamido Sansui, in Conjunction with EFCC, IMF, UN, and other security agencies Include some Top officials of the country and Banks they have been frustrating you by demanding upfront payment from you. There is a way I can assist you get your funds without you paying much charge, respond back to me for more information you needed to know.
 
Mrs. Veronica Amadi
KTT Dept CBN.

Anti-fraud resources: