• 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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Direct on PC Ltd, Lagos is an ISP based in Lagos, Nigeria.

WHOIS details for network (DIRECTONPC-Wireless-ISP-NETBLK):

inetnum:        41.204.240.0 - 41.204.255.255
netname:        DIRECTONPC-Wireless-ISP-NETBLK
descr:          Dynamic IP pools for Direct on PC Ltd Fixed wireless broadband
descr:          wireless Internet services for Lagos.
country:        NG
admin-c:        SD4-AFRINIC
tech-c:         SD4-AFRINIC
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         DOPCNG-MNT
mnt-lower:      DOPCNG-MNT
source:         AFRINIC # Filtered
parent:         41.204.224.0 - 41.204.255.255

person:       employee name withheld
address:      Direct On PC Ltd
              Plot B,
 Block 1,
 Ilupeju Industrial Avenue,
 Ilupeju,
 Lagos,
 Nigeria
phone:        +23412701700
fax-no:       +23412713554
e-mail:       saroj at directonpc.com
nic-hdl:      SD4-AFRINIC
source:       AFRINIC # Filtered
iltered

Email addresses and date/time by IP address:

41.204.246.28
2007-09-26 20:40:47 UTC	[email protected]
2007-12-15 12:54:38 UTC	[email protected]

DIRECTONPC (Nigeria)
209.159.164.74 - Gilbart Arnold
WHOIS for IP 209.159.164.74:

     OrgName:    Direct On PC 
     OrgID:      DOP-13
     Address:    Plot B Block 1 Ilupeju Industrial Estate
     City:       Lagos
     StateProv:  
     PostalCode: 
     Country:    NG
     
     NetRange:   209.159.164.0 - 209.159.164.255 
     CIDR:       209.159.164.0/24 
     NetName:    DIRECTONPC
     NetHandle:  NET-209-159-164-0-1
     Parent:     NET-209-159-160-0-1
     NetType:    Reassigned
     NameServer: NS1.DIRECTONTV.COM
     NameServer: NS2.DIRECTONTV.COM
     Comment:    
     RegDate:    2004-08-27
     Updated:    2004-08-27
     
     TechHandle: SDE40-ARIN
     TechName:   employee name withheld
     TechPhone:  2348037758234
     TechEmail:  saroj at directonpc.com 
     
     OrgTechHandle: SDE40-ARIN
     OrgTechName:   employee name withheld
     OrgTechPhone:  2348037758234
     OrgTechEmail:  [email protected]

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