|
|
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: Mr.Charles N'zi <noreply@wanadoo.fr>
Reply-To: charlesnzi956@gmail.com
Date: 24 Jul 2020 00:17:14 +0000
Subject: Re: Urgent Response
Dear Sir Madam, I am Mr.Charles N'zi the Director of operations to the Mandate holder of the Ministry
of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP),south sudan who is in charge for the supply
of Food and hospital equipment to south sudan. We are contacting you to supply your
product to the (MoFEP).
If your company can handle this contract so don't hesitate to get back to me and the
details of the offer will be given to you,as soon as you indicate interest.
Kindly send your response with your products specifications. please forward your details. Regards
Mr.Charles N'zi.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
