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. Paul Brown" <sitnet@sitnet.co.kr>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 09:27:15 -0800
Subject: Winner Email Owner

QATAR FIFA WORLD CUP 2022
LOTTERY PROMOTION CENTER
Beethovenstraat 200, 1077 WZ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

Dear Lucky Winner/Email Owner,

CONGRATULATIONS: This is to inform you that your email address emerged as a Winner of an amount of US$1,500,000.00 Dollars, (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in the QATAR FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 GAME PROMOTION Draw held in Amsterdam Netherlands through an open Computer ballot JAVA System. This Promotional Lottery Draws sponsored by the Hisense, Microsoft and the World Health Organization (WHO) in Collaboration with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to help provide financial assistance to families across the globe while working hard with so many nations to combat this world Coronavirus pandemic and also to support the coming QATAR FIFA WORLD CUP 2022 GAME.

All participants’ email was automatically entered in the draw as Microsoft collected all the Active email users globally for this promotion. Your email Address attached to Reference Number: WCD80010011 was luckily drawn to win you the prize in the category ''A''. Therefore a Pin Number has been issued for you to claim your prize. Pin code: 00357721.

For you to receive your US$1,500,000.00 Dollars (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). You are advised to contact our European claim agents as stated below. After he finishes processing your Payment file, he will forward it to the appointed payment bank, Then the bank will contact you for urgent transfer of your fund to any of your nominated bank account, OR the bank will Issue you an International ATM VISA CARD, which you can use to withdraw your fund from any ATM Machine in your country or anywhere in the World.

CLAIM OFFICE THE NETHERLANDS.
Contact Agent: Mr. John Gibson
Contact E-mail: gibsonjohn2022@hotmail.com
Tel: +31-9700-5033-369

Forward the following information as stated below to them.

1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Mobile Number:

Send the above information to submit your claim. You should only contact the above mentioned agent (Mr. John Gibson) who shall direct you on how to receive your prize money. Please keep your winning Identification Numbers confidential to avoid double claims.

Yours Truthfully,

Mr. Paul Brown
WINNING NOTIFICATION OFFICER
...

Anti-fraud resources: