419 scam: "Mr.Robert Miller" <"USP1814."@cap.ocn.ne.jp> WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Robert Miller" <"USP1814."@cap.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Robert Miller" <mr.robert.miller.usp@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 10:20:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS!

WELCOME TO UNITED PARCEL SERVICE UPS
Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Founded: August 28, 1907, Seattle, Washington, United States
CEO: David P. Abney
Subsidiaries: The UPS Store, Mail Boxes, UPS Airlines,
Shipping and Mailing Service,
ADDRESS:9838 Old Bay meadows Rd Jacksonville FL.USA. (305) 515-2135,
Open until 6:30 PM more The UPS Store,

This message is coming to you from the UPS Office in the address (9838
Old Bay meadows Rd Jacksonville) and we hereby today date 1/2/2017
to inform you that there is an certified check from bank of America registered
to our officer here this morning from one Mrs. Debra Kenneth from Africa and
according to her the West African.

Compensation Union in conjunction with United Nation Union is
Compensating all the scam victims and your email address was found in
the scam victim's list and due to too much fraud in Africa they couldn't
offer the money to you directly from Africa so they now decided to pay you by
certified check and the check valued the sum of $1,500.000.00 USD will easily and
safely deliver it to you by UPS to avoid any fraudulent issues again so all you
needs to do now is to contact us with your delivery information such as.

Your Full Name::::::::::::::::::::
Your Address::::::::::::::::::::::
Your PO Box Number::::::::::::::::
Your Direct Telephone number::::::

Meanwhile ups also want to use this opportunity to let you know that
according to our service terms and procedure; being that this is
government registered Check, UPS are only charging you sum of $125
which is for shipment/delivery fee and your Check will be mail to you
successful the sooner we confirmed our shipping charge so you are hereby
advised to send the shipping charge along with your mailing address to our
cashier information below.

Receivers Name: Lee Tracy
Address: Jacksonville-Florida, USA
AMOUNT:$125
MTCN#?

Thanks for being in serve with us and we promise to serve you better as good
citizen.

Mr. Robert Miller
UPS DIRECTOR
9838 Old Bay meadows Rd
Jacksonville FL.USA

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam