419 scam: "Wesley Morgan" <maria@oakmont-ent.com> United Nation Poverty Alleviation Program.

joewein.net

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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- firstflightcouriersllc@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wesley Morgan" <maria@oakmont-ent.com>
Reply-To: <firstflightcouriersllc@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 16:08:49 -0400
Subject: United Nation Poverty Alleviation Program.

Greetings;

In respect to the delivery of your funds,am glad to inform you about the most recent success in getting the funds ready for delivery to your residence under the

cooperation of a new and reputable delivery agency known as One World Couriers.

Please note,that your initial effort to get this funds successfully delivered to your residence was applauded and you deserve a huge accolades for that .At this point we will need your trust and maximum cooperation to finalize every delivery arrangement in order to get this funds to your doorstep within the next 48hrs. Kindly contact Mr Terry Sterling of One World Couriers at (firstflightcouriersllc@yahoo.com).

Presently he (Mr Terry Sterling) is the courier and broker officially assigned to enable you get this funds successfully delivered to your door. It will be wise to let you know that the funds to be delivered to you is $2,000,000;00 (Two Million United States Dollars ), and was officially Awarded to you by the United Nation (UN) through a Poverty Alleviation Program Benefits.This funds has been investigated and cleared for delivery to your residence both by the United States Treasury Department, Homeland Security, The International Monitory Funds (IMF) and the FBI Scam Alert Unit.

Therefore,you are completely assured that this is neither a scam nor any act of Money Laundering as all legal evidence and paper works are enclosed and sealed in the Briefcase and would be reviwed with you once the courier arrive your residence.

Wishing you a successful delivery ahead.

Regards

Wesley Morgan

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam