|
|
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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "un-claimedresponses@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- 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.
- helpdesk600@126.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "FARA Processing HQ" <farahelpdesk@126.com>
Reply-To: searchresults101@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 01:00:25 -0500
Subject: Unclaimed Benefits: We Found Your Money, Do Write Back!
Hello,
Glad to know that you are reading this right now!
With the help of your Subscription/Beneficiary Account info as culled from
the National Unclaimd Property Associates (NUPA) Database, it was
discovered that you have some Benefits in Unclaimed Financial Assets.
To get the search result for this amount and eventually get a hold of
these Funds please, kindly reply to this message with the Subject "MORE
INFO FOR MY FUNDS" for further information by sending your request for
more information to the below email address only so you can have full
details on your Unclaimed Finances. Please do send to more than one
contact address given below to make sure your complete details are
received by us. Make sure to type the email address correctly:
-------------------------------------------------------
Submission Contact #1: helpdesk600@126.com
Submission Contact #2: helpdesk600@yandex.com
Submission Contact #3: un-claimedresponses@live.com
--------------------------------------------------------
Note: *In compliance with the National Unclaimed Property Associates
(NUPA), We reserve the right not to send further details for security
reasons until we duly receive a positive reply from you in line with the
above notification. We look forward to an anticipated success in the
processing. So what are you waiting for?!
Best Wishes.
--------------------
Valeriya Vladislav
|
Anti-fraud resources:
