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: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE <peter.robert96@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: peter.robert93@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:21:25 +1100
Subject: Awaiting your response.




UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES Internal Audit,
Monitoring,Consulting And Investigations Division

From:Mr.Peter Robert,

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from London,after
series of complains from the FBI and other Security agencies
from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United
States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of
Nigeria and the British Government for the rate of scam activities going
on in these nations.

I have met with the new President of Nigeria Dr. Good luck Jonathan, who
claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure you receive
your fund in your account.

Right now, as directed by our secretary general Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are
working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial
Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance
fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to
effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $1.7M approved by
both the British government and the UN into your account without
any delay.

Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some
top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in
your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard
Graves from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into
their personal account.

I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to
urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on
how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72
hours.


Sincerely yours.

Mr. Peter Robert.
United Nations Under-Secretary
General for Internal Oversight.



Anti-fraud resources: