|
|
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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dnclj@resun.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Naver <dnclj@resun.com>
Date: 10 Jun 2021 04:35:09 -0700
Subject: [Notice] The mailbox capacity has been changed to 10GB.
The email account " dnclj@resun.com " is almost full.
The email account currently uses 91.68% (229.19 MB / 250 MB) of
its capacity.
You should remove some emails from the mailbox as soon as
possible in order to prevent the loss of any future email. Use
the Email Disk Usage tool at
https://resun.com:2096/?goto_app=Email_DiskUsage , or ask the
system administrator to upgrade your account to a larger quota.
The system generated this warning on Friday, September 21, 2018
at 6:27:01 (UTC).
You can disable the “Quota :: MailboxWarning†notice type through
the cPanel interface:
https://resun.com:2083/?goto_app=ContactInfo_Change
Do not reply to this automated message.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
