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: "Mr Frank" <ahernandez@corporacionggv.cl>
Reply-To: information1@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 03:45:13 -0800
Subject: ATM

This is to officially inform you that you been credited with an ATM
CARD worth $6.8 Million Dollars on the ongoing Global international
ATM Card Award held on 12th Feb 2018. Email address for this award
was selected from databases of major shopping mails, electricity
companies,railways station, gas plants,and banks worldwide. Note no
ticket was solid. In order to redeemed your ATM Card you are to
provide us with the details below for final verification and
processing:* Full Name:* Delivery Address:* Sex:* Age:* Occupation:*
Phone Number:* Country:* Means Of Identification:
Congratulations

Regards,

Devon Harris

Anti-fraud resources: