Advance Fee Scams

This email message claims to be from a computer scientist named Adekunle Elvis who works at a bank in Nigeria.

Email claims that the recipient has won five hundred thousand pounds in a 10th anniversary promotion organized by Internet giant, Google.

Email purporting to be from the Heineken Bottling Company claims that the recipient has been awarded a large cash prize in a company promotion.

According to this email, a fraud investigator working with Interpol and the United Nations is attempting to recover and return stolen funds that have been identified as belonging to the victim.

Email claims that the recipient will be sent a small portion of the money they have supposedly won in a lottery in the form of a cheque.

Nigerian or “419” scams have been around for many a long year and the Internet has become very fertile territory for the criminals that run them. Because these sorts of scams are so common, the pastime known as “scam baiting” has also rapidly grown in popularity.

The Real Exchange Lotto Promo lottery email shown below claims that the recipient has won money in an international lottery.