|
|
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 next of kin scam.
- 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.
- gonzalezoliasabogados@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr. González OlÃas Esq <abogadogonzale_olias@aol.com>
Reply-To: abogadosgonzalezolia@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:22:17 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: RE: Read This Mail Act Accondingly
Dear Sir,
I am a Spanish Citizen a Personal Attorney to Late Mr. Emmanuel I need your help in repatriate the funds left behind by my late client before he died with his entire family. And this fund valued US $12.5 M. with properties which I will give you more detail upon your respond to this via E-Mail: gonzalezoliasabogados@gmail.com I have try every Attempt to trace any member of his
Family has not been successful. The modality I have in place I can guarantee that if you follow my instructions the rule of laws and capitalizing of some judicial loop holes the fund will be release to us Kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanation
Yours Faithfully
Abogado. González Olias Esq. Barcelona Spain
Tel: 0034.634.026.370
|
Anti-fraud resources:
