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: TOM NELSON <tomnelson66688@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrtomnelson814@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:51:11 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION!

--
URGENT ATTENTION!

This is the 2nd time I am sending you this

notification letter regarding your
(ATM MASTER CARD) and I haven't received any positive

response from you.
This is Agent Mr. Tom Nelson, the senior agent from FEDEX

Delivery Company.
I'm currently at JFK International Airport right now

with your
Package of ATM CARD worth a sum of $4.5million USD.
I have only 24 hours to be on my way to your home

address,
Please reconfirm your info to me right now to enable

me to connect
my flight to your home address without any further

delay,
NAME: =======ADDRESS: ============CLOSER AIRPORT: ======OCCUPATION ==========Direct phone number: =====
The details of this package and the value declared by

the shipper was
ATM MASTER CARD AND UNDISCLOSED ACTIVATION PIN IN

ENVELOPE.

EMAIL: mrtomnelson814@gmail.com

Thanks for your kindness and understanding, hope to

hear from your soon, God bless you.

Best Regards,
Mr. Tom Nelson
FEDEX Senior Delivery Officer.

Anti-fraud resources: