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: Tony Siruno <mrsfatuj@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tonysiruno9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 10:09:54 +0000
Subject:

Why are you silent I hope you are okay because this is two time now i
sent to you this mail without hearing from you? Today i arrive back
from my trip and you are silent over the mail i sent to you since last
week please let me know the reason why you were silent i was imagine
why you haven't response to me back very important Please Dear I need
your honest trust and help? With my good intention Can i trust you
to transfer the Sum of $12.500.000.00 Million US Dollars, into your
account in your country if possible get back to me for more details i
wait for your reply and Please Kindly let me know than to keep silent?

Mr Tony Siruno.

Anti-fraud resources: