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: "DR TONY JACK"<stella209@myway.com>
Reply-To: joh_t20@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 09:27:08 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM DR TONY JACK







FROM DR TONY JACKTELE-234-8035601811
MY DEAR GOODAY, I AM IN A DESPERATE SITUATION AND NEED YOUR IMMEDIATEASSISTANCE NOW. I CAN NO LONGER HOLD BACK FOR FEAR OF PEOPLE NOT BEING HONEST WITH ME; I HAVE RESORTED TO TAKE MY FATE IN MY HAND.UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, I WAS THE EVENT MANAGER/PROTOCOL OFFICER OF A FORMER GOVERNOR OF A STATE IN MY COUNTRY. THE GOVERNOR, HAVING BEEN FORCED OUT OF OFFICE RATHER DISGRACEFULLY, HAS BEEN MADE TO RETURN ABOUT US10 BILLION TO THE GOVERNMENT.MEANWHILE, I HAVE SOME OF HIS MONEY IN MY CARE LODGED INAN OVERSEAS COUNTRY. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF I HAVE TO SHARE IT ON A 50-50 BASIS WITH YOU.PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DESPERATE SITUATION THAT NEEDS YOUR ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR INTEREST. SEND ALL YOU’RE INFO HOPE I CAN TRUST YOU.REGARDS,DR TONY JACKTELE-234-8035601811

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com

Anti-fraud resources: