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 LEO AGUMBER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agumberleodeliverydept@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:51:09 +0100
Subject: INFORMATIONS

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR DELIVERY AGENT HAS ARRIVED WITH YOUR ATM MASTER CARD AT HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INT'L AIRPORT GEORGIA USA CONTACT HIM NOW: ((209) 565-6362 OR send him an Email at(deliveryagentdiplomat@emailn.de) I want you to know that you have 24 hours to call the delivery agent in person of MR. GABRIEL UTE with these phone number (209) 565-6362 in the United States, let us know if you are still interested to get your card delivered to you, or you contact the transfer department in CAPITAL ONE BANK over there in U.S.A to receive your fund through BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER,i will give you the direct information to contact the capital one bank if you want this fund into your account, As they have been waiting to hear from you to help them complete this delivery to your door step, right now the diplomat has arrived United States with your ATM MASTER CARD worth of $9.7M.
 
I will advice you to forward your receiving information to enable the clearing of your parcel out from the customs.
 
EMAIL:(deliveryagentdiplomat@emailn.de)
PHONE:( (209) 565-6362 )
 
 
Reconfirm your mailing address. ===============================================
Full Name:.........
Sex:...................
Mailing Address:..........
Personal Phone Number...........
Occupation:..................
Thanks for your understanding.
 
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr Leo Agumber

Anti-fraud resources: