|
|
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:
- 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: bello yusuf <belloyusuf0011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: belloyusuf0022@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:51:08 +0100
Subject: Dear sir,
Dear sir,
Greeting to you and your family. This is to inform you that I have
perfected a concrete arrangement with a strong financial firm in
London who will raise the draft according to your contract amount of
your unpaid money.
The UK financial firm is working in hand with the Federal govt of
Nigeria to pay off all over delayed contract payments through drafts
to ensure that the draft will be mailed to your current mailing
address which you will receive to pay into your bank account.
Your bank will confirm the draft before they release the contract
payment into your bank account. This is however, a welcome
development for us to receive the over delayed contract payment for
our investment intents which was also delayed as a result of the long
awaited payment.
I look forward to read from you soon,
Bello Yusuf
|
Anti-fraud resources:
