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: "Barry John"<info@gail.com>
Reply-To: <barryjohn@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 22:58:57 +0800
Subject: LETTER TO YOU

Dear Sir/ma
I am BARRISTER BARRY JOHN.I contacted you because of my late client,who died as a result of a heart-related
Condition in March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his
Family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.I have contacted you to
Assist in distributing the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated by the bank,
where This deposit valued at ($3.2 million dollars) if you are interested contact me as soon as possible and
Fill the below form.if you are not do not reply

(1)Your first name names:
(2)last name:
(3)Contact address:
(4)Tele/cell numbers:
(5)Occupation:
(6)Sex:
{7}Company Name{If Any}:
{8}Nationality:
(9)age:
For us to proceed immediately.Please expedite action is needed.

Best regards
Barr.Barry John.

Anti-fraud resources: