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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "George Adams" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:57:51 +0100
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

Attn: Sir/Madam

AFRICAN UNION AND UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to African Union to pay scam victims US$1,000,000:00 (One Million United States Dollars) each.You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your US$1,000,000:00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings at the headquarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on lose of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the African Union is now paying victims US$1,000,000:00 each in accordance with the U.N. ecommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in some African Nations,the payments are to be supervised by the United Nations Officials. According to the number of applicants at hand, 301 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, and we still have more left to be paid their compensations of US1,000,000:00 each.

Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.You are thereby advised to contact the private client office of the Bank of Africa (BOA) through the following information.

Name: Jerry Goodman
E-mail: jerrygoodman.2001@yahoo.com.hk


A payment is through Automated Teller Machine (ATM).Resolution and agreement was therefore signed by United Nations and African Union that beneficiaries are to bear the responsibility of mailing their ATM Card to their destinations when they cannot make it down to Bank of Africa( BOA) Cotonou-Republic of Benin, forpick up.

Yours faithfully,

George Adams
Head of Services for Scam Victims Compensation

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