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.Walter Horace" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <walterhorace1968@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:49:19 +0200
Subject: Job offer Online Needed

My name is Mr.Walter Horace and I am the Employment Manager of Costa Coffee, a quality coffee company based in the United Kingdom. the company has been setup in Lambeth, London since 1971, supplying all local caterers, major Italian and American coffee shops and around the world,  with an exciting coffee, slow-roasted the Italian way. People couldn’t get enough of it and by 1978 the first Costa espresso bar opened in Vauxhall Bridge Road in London. To this day we still use the same method of slow-roasting our coffee beans, serving the brothers’ authentic blend of 6 Arabica beans to 1 Robusta in 500 coffee shops all over the world.
The company is always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling our products to Americans because they are always offering to pay with US MONEY ORDERS and US CHECKS which is difficult for us to cash here in the UK since the last person that represents us in the US has just fallen sick and cannot continue the job.We are looking for a representative in the United States who will be working for the company as a Part-Time Representative/Bookkeeper and we'll be willing to pay 10% for every transaction, of course it wouldn’t affect your present state of work because you may do it as a PART-TIME work, all we need is just someone who would help us receive payments from our customers in the states. I mean someone that is responsible and reliable, cause the cost of coming to the states and getting payments is
very expensive so for now we need a representative in the United State who will be handling the payment aspect.These payments are in US Money Orders/Checks and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the money orders and checks,deduct your percentage (10%) and wire the rest back.
 
It wouldn’t cost you any amount, you are to receive payments which will be mailed to you by post from my business partners, which would come in form of Money Orders or Checks then you are to cash it and send the cash to me via western union money transfer all western union charges will be deducted from the money.If you are interested, please fill up the form below and get back to me as soon as possible.Here is my personal email Mr.walterhoraceq@financier.com
FIRST NAME...........................
LAST NAME..............................
ADDRESS...........................
CITY...........................
STATE...........................
ZIP CODE...........................
COUNTRY...........................
PHONE NUMBER (S)...........................
GENDER...........................
MARITAL STATUS...........................
AGE...........................
NATIONALITY...........................
DRIVER'S LICENCE...............
Regards,
Mr.Walter Horace
Costa Coffee,
Exporters of Quality Coffee.
Whitbread Court
Houghton Hall Business Park,
Porz Avenue Dunstable,
Bedfordshire LU5 5XE
http://www.costa.co.uk

Anti-fraud resources: