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: lims@ttilabs.net
Reply-To: kirsten.e.rausing@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 19:57:43 -0700
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Sehr_geehrter_Empf=C3=A4nger?=


Sehr geehrter Empf=E4nger, ich hoffe, dass diese Nachricht bei Ihnen gut an=
gekommen ist. Ich schreibe Ihnen, weil ich mich bei Giving to the World eng=
agiere und Ihre wichtige Arbeit mit einer Spende unterst=FCtzen m=F6chte. I=
ch glaube an die Wirkung, die Sie erzielen, und m=F6chte eine Million Euro =
spenden, um Ihre Mission zu unterst=FCtzen. Um Ihre Mission zu unterst=FCtz=
en. Bitte teilen Sie mir mit, wie ich am besten spenden kann: =FCber die On=
line-Plattform, per Bank=FCberweisung oder eine andere bevorzugte Methode, =
Vielen Dank f=FCr alles, was Sie tun, um die Welt positiv zu ver=E4ndern. I=
ch freue mich =FCber die M=F6glichkeit, Ihre Sache zu unterst=FCtzen und ho=
ffe, von Ihnen zu h=F6ren

--
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
www.avast.com

Anti-fraud resources: