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: Hary Johnson <foreign_remittance_department14@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:21:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Winner


Dear Winner,

I got your mail, And i will like to tell you that you are a lucky winner of the SHELL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL and this is not a scam.I know that there are a lot of scam now on the internet,but this one is for real and i will advice you not to miss this chance.All you need do now is to send me the following details for the proceesing of your winnings:

NAME IN FULL:

*ADDRESS:

*CITY/STATE:

*COUNTRY:

*NATIONALITY:

*DATE OF BIRTH:

*AGE:

*SEX:

*TEL:

*MOBILE:

*FAX:

*MARITAL STATUS:

*OCCUPATION:

*NEXT OF KIN:

*AMOUNT WON:

*REF NUMBER:

*BATCH NUMBER:

THANKS.


---------------------------------
Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now.

Anti-fraud resources: