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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "James Dimon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customercare.bk@bk.ru>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 01:12:52 -0000
Subject: Re: DEAR ESTEEMED CUSTOMER


DEAR CUSTOMER,

I AM HEREBY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FUNDS WORT OF 22.5 MILLION USD
WAS DIRECTED TO BANK OF AFRICA FOR ONLINE BANKING TO YOUR ACCOUNT AS
THE WESTERN UNION REQUIREMENT IS TOO MUCH. DO CONTACT THE BANK OF
AFRICA FOR ONLINE BANKING NOW.

HERE IS THE BANK CONTACT DETAILS
BANK NAME BANK OF AFRICA
BANK TEL +229 6945 5408
E-MAIL customercare.bk@bk.ru
CONTACT NAME DIR. LUKE ADEN
DO CONTACT THEM THEM FOR THE ONLINE BANKING OKAY
THANKS
MR. JAMES DIMON

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