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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "Pepple George" <gpre501@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:11:27 +0100
Subject: EQUITY INVESTMENTS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dear Sir,



I am representing an investor with available free fund for investment on a
long and medium term basis. The amount is about 24m usd and is very suitable
for manufacturing and trading needs.

This fund will be made available to you direct from the investor. I am
Therefore looking for a serious entrepreneur or business man with genuine
financial needs and we can discuss terms and details. We can set up a one on
one meeting to workout the details. This fund is ready for immediate
disbursement within a couple of days when we agree on terms.

If the above is of business interest to you, respond immediately with a
brief on your business profile and I will contact you to work out the
details.

I am, yours in service;

GEORGE PEPPLE

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Anti-fraud resources: