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: "Maroof Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <schneiderevan11@autograf.pl>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:21:24 -0800
Subject: Re:$17m

Dear Beneficary, This is to inform you that United Nations High Commission/Debt Monitoring Team has taken over your payment matters following report we received from UN Economic/Intelligent Monitory Group,UNHC is hereby to protect your interest and to see that you receive your long over due payment without further hitch. Secondly,note all documentation/clearance will be taken care of from UNHCR Special intervention Fund.Therefore all your Payment Documents/Clearance will be done free of charge by UN,therefore expect to receiving your Fund Clearance Documents within few days from now by scan while original documents/card will be delivered by courier thereafter.Once all the required documents is issued, UNHC TEAM PROTOCOL OFFICER will forward them to Danamon BANK the official UN APPROVED SETTLEMENT BANK for prompt settlement of your entitlement through online transfer.Therefore kindly furnish us with your Details as stated below: 1) Country Of Origin/Residential Address. 2) Your Present Occupation. 3) Full Names. 4) Marital Status. 5) Your Telephone Number. 6) Contract Completion Date. Finally, you should also understand clearly that there have never been a time you reported your payment difficulties to UNHC TEAM,we discovered it and if we are not capable of assisting you or if your claims are not legitimate,in the first place, we would not contact you,therefore we seek for your cooperation/understanding. I wait your response. Regards,Schneider Evan,

Anti-fraud resources: