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: "Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva" <bankfederalreserve87870@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2022 05:50:36 -0700
Subject: Congrats..


We are contacting you regarding your Covid-19 Stimulus package worth
$1.7million USD, I am Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva, the director of Centers
for Disease Control and prevention. In the wake of the global Covid-19
pandemic, I wish to bring you the
good news of hope. This is to inform you that you have been selected to
receive
the UN Covid-19 Stimulus package worth $1.7million USD. The selection
process was
carried out through the United Nations (UN) Computerized by Email profile
selection system, from a database of over 79,980,000 Email profiles
obtained from all continents of the world, of which your Email profile was
selected among the lucky ones.

The United Nations Covid-19 response and recovery fund is a UN inter-agency
fund
mechanism established by the UN secretary-general to help support low- and
middle-income people(s) to respond to the pandemic and its impacts,
including an
unprecedented Socio-economic shock. The fund’s assistance targets those most
vulnerable to economic hardship and social disruption around the world.

We are delighted to inform you that due to mixed up of names and numbers,
your Email profile was attached to approved number UN6MMCOVID022/Covid
19,which consequently fall on our international chapter, therefore, you are
advised to
contact the United Nations Covid-19 response and recovery fund Coordinator
Manager for your payment.

Contact Person: Mrs. Carman L. Lapointe
United Nations Covid-19 Coordinator
Address : 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW #300, Washington, DC 20006, USA.
Direct Email: mlynmor@gmail.com

Finally, our grants Manager Mrs. Carman L. Lapointe is responsible for the
smooth
and efficient release of your Covid-19 response and recovery fund of
$1.7million
USD, so contact her immediately with the information as required above.

Congratulations once again.

Yours sincerely
Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva
Director of the Centers for Disease control.

Anti-fraud resources: