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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED NATIONS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officceunations@globomail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:44 +0100
Subject: RE: VERIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.

UNITED NATIONS
UK REGIONAL OFFICE, LONDON.
3 Whitehall Court London
SW1A 2EL United Kingdom
Switchboard.:+44-702-408-8039
Fax+44-7006-008-995
Email:officceunations@globomail.com
 
TELEGRAM: UNLNUK
 
REF NO: AUTH PMT-UN/IOD/2012/Q4
ATTENTION;BENEFICIARY
         RE: VERIFICATION AND APPROVAL OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.
DEAR SIR,
 
FROM THE RECORDS OF OUR OUTSTANDING FUNDS DUE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT, YOUR NAME/PARTICULARS WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE APPROVED LIST. I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE, THE TOTAL SUM OF US$5.2M HAVE BEEN APPROVED ON YOUR BEHALF FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS 2012 FISCAL YEAR.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR PAYMENT TO AVOID FURTHER COMPLAINTS FROM BENEFICIARIES ABOUT INCESSANT TAXES,WHILE YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE TO FACILITATE THE ISSUANCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT JUSTIFICATION ORDER DOCUMENTS ON YOUR BEHALF WHICH WILL ENABLE AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER.KINDLY RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY TO:
 
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) CONTACT ADDRESS:
3) NATIONALITY:
4) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
5) GENDER:
6) AGE:
IN CLOSE THE YOUR INFORMATION WITH IS REFERENCE NOS;
 
FOREX ALLOCATION NO. = INEC-FGN-FMTA/2011
SEQUENCE ORDER = NDRC/PTF/06/X-ACB-43
AUTHORIZATION NO. = PQ/04/-XIX-/-002/IV
 
YOUR PAYMENT APPROVAL IS MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WORLD BANK AND WE INTEND TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE YOUR FUNDS TRANSFER. YOU ARE THEREFORE STRONGLY ADVISE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER BANK OR INSTITUTION REGARDING TO THIS MATTER, FOR THE OVER ALL SAFETY OF YOU AND YOUR FUND.
BE WARNED; WE AVOID CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS!
MR. ROBERT CAMPBELL
UNITED NATIONS
DEBT SETTLEMENT PANEL
LONDON (Liaison office UNITED KINGDOM)
 
 
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