|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- 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.
- alicechirac@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Alice Chirac <novapneus@tin.it>
Reply-To: alicechirac@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:17:20 +0100 (CET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Bonjour__tr=C3=A8s_cher_de_DIEU!!!!!!!?=
Normal
0
21
false
false
false
FR
X-NONE
X-NONE
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Tableau Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-qformat:yes;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0cm;
mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0cm;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
Bonjour très cher de DIEU!!!!!!!
Acceptez et tolérez mon intrusion peu décente dans votre messagerie. Je ne
pourrai pas faire autrement pour m'exprimer et partager avec vous ce que j'ai
de si important sur le cœur. Lorsque parfois l'on se sent dans le désespoir
avec du dégoût à la vie, il vaut mieux se confier à quelqu'un et espérer qu'un
miracle Divin et la providence peuvent nous arriver. C'est ce que je vous
souhaite autant qu'à moi même espérant que vous avez comme moi un grand cœur
ouvert et plein d’affection. Je suis ALICE CHIRAC née le 21 Février 1958 Ã
Chenove en FRANCE. Je sollicite votre aide pour aider les diminues du monde
avec un don de Un Million Vingt-cinq Mille de Dollars. J’attends votre réponse
enfin de vous donnez plus d'éclaircissement sur ma proposition et pour que vous
puissiez savoir plus sur moi .Que la paix de Dieu qui surpasse toute
intelligence soit avec votre esprit et votre cœur. Contactez-moi
directement à mon mail : alicechirac@gmail.com
Je serais très contente de te lire.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
