joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447035940380 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mr.okaforobinna@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 23:56:18 +0000
Subject: Greetings from Obinna



Greetings from ObinnaI am Mr. Obinna Okafor, l am from Imo state in Nigeria, I am based here in United Kingdom.I have lived here in United Kingdom for about 16 years, I am married to a white lady here and by the grace of the Almighty God we have 2 children.My dear my main aim of writing you this letter is for you to put me in your prayer ,I use to live happily with my wife here not until late last year when l received a call from Nigeria a cousin called me and my wife suspected that the call was from my Nigerian wife and as such that she is no more interested in the marriage, just like a joke early this year she took me to the court here and since then she applied for divorce .l have been going to court here and things are not going in my favor, you know that their laws here in UK is always in favors of women. I am scared. Please l want you to put me in your prayers as l will be going for the court case on Tuesday next week.For now l do not live with her ,you can call me on my mobile phone to pray for me so that my assets here will not be confiscated to her and l get deported .My number is + +4470359 40380 Thanks Mr.Obinna Okafor

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam