419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jamesphillipsloaninvestment@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "" <m.tech@iol.cz>
Reply-To: jamesphillipsloaninvestment@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:46:28 GMT
Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR UNSECURED GUARANTEED BUSINESS/PERSONAL LOANS
ASAP

GOODDAY,

I AM MR. JAMES PHILLIP A REGISTERED MONEY LENDER. I OFFER OUT LOANS TO BOTH COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS AT LOW INTEREST RATE EVEN WITH BAD CREDIT BE IT SHORT OR LONG TERM LOAN. IF INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER, CONTACT ME ON jamesphillipsloaninvestment@gmail.com WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS BELOW.

FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
CONTACT PHONE#:
AMOUNT NEEDED:
PURPOSE OF LOAN:

I AWAIT YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE.

REGARDS,
JAMES PHILLIP.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam