419 scam: "Mrs. Beverly Hanson" <britishighcommision@gmail.com> Compensation Payment From United Nation

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
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.
- customservice317@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Beverly Hanson" <britishighcommision@gmail.com>
Reply-To: customservice317@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2020 04:41:18 -0700
Subject: Compensation Payment From United Nation

International Monetary Fund
OCHRE, Dalais Wilson, CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Senior Human Rights Officer and international payment department.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder, it is
because of the restrictions by your Mail/Internet Service, we urge you
to treat it genuinely.

We have been informed by the (UN) summit headquarters and the U.S
government to release your compensation fund ($6.7m) held for heavy
taxes hence we are contacting you. You are to pay only $75
administrative charge flat rate as payment logistic charge, contact
the undersigned for further clarifications on the above subject
matter.

Mr. Okia Gudson
Branch Manager
Contact Email: customservice317@gmail.com

Thanks

Mrs. Beverly Hanson
USA Representative
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC FORUM.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam