|
|
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:
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: Herr Lucas WILLIAM <lucasprojekt200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lucasprojekt@atlas.sk>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 18:34:27 +0000
Subject: Assalam.
--
Good day
I beg your indulgence for an urgent business. The information I have
would be of mutual benefit for you and me.. I am privileged to an
information on a huge sum of $ 8.5 million, which was left behind by
my late boss in his bank account. My boss is an American Jew who died
without a will two years ago in an airplane accident in Angola.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20070628-0
Boeing 737-2M2
Operator: TAAG Angola Airlines
Registration: D2-TBP
I would love to present you as the BENEFICIARY of the fund because
there is no existing record in the Bank of any beneficiaries who can
claim the fund, as required by the bank authority.
If you are interested in this proposal, I urgently wait for your
answer in order for me to inform you of the details and directives
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Lucas WILLIAM.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
