• About the 419 scam
  
• Email addresses used by 419 scammers
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• IP addresses / ISPs used by 419 scammers
• Domains registered by 419 scammers
  
• Names of people mentioned in 419 spam
  
• Opinions about the scammers and their victims
  
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  

The criminals who perpetrate "419" fraud try to conceal their identity by using disposable webmail accounts, insecure PHP-Nuke servers and internet service providers with inadequate abuse handling procedures.

We track scammers by email addresses. Spam recipients can easily search for these and find them on our list of known fraud email addresses. They can also file abuse complaints to get these accounts shut down, which interrupts many scams. That also means new email addresses get created at a rapid pace. We add about 2000 new scam email addresses per week, which gives you a rough idea how many criminals are involved.

We also track scammers by IP address wherever possible. These IP addresses are much more static, as criminals use the same internet cafes to send and receive email. We will try to document some ISPs here whose networks are frquently abuse by 419 scammers.

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AFNET is an ISP based in Côte d'Ivoire.

WHOIS details for network (AFNET):

inetnum:      196.201.86.0 - 196.201.87.255
netname:      AFNET
descr:        isp cote d'ivoire
country:      ci
admin-c:      KM868-AFRINIC
tech-c:       HB912-AFRINIC
status:       ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:       CIT-DT
mnt-lower:    CIT-DT
remarks:      data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:       AFRINIC # Filtered
parent:         196.201.64.0 - 196.201.95.255

person:         employeename
address:        Rue de l'Industrie ZONE 3
phone:          +225 21 75 60 00
nic-hdl:        KM868-AFRINIC
remarks:        data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered

person:         employeename
address:        Rue de l'Industrie ZONE 3
phone:          +225 21 75 60 00
e-mail:         bassem(at)afnet.net
nic-hdl:        HB912-AFRINIC
remarks:        data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered

Email addresses and date/time by IP address:

196.201.86.249
2006-06-20 10:51:00 UTC	[email protected]
2006-06-22 02:08:41 UTC	[email protected]
2006-06-24 17:53:20 UTC	[email protected]
2006-11-24 09:49:14 UTC	[email protected]

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