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: "United Nations UK Commission" <compensation@unitednations.org>
Reply-To: <bmwclaimsdept2010@tut.by>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 08:54:30 +0100
Subject: United Nations Compensation Trust Fund

Dear Beneficiary,

Your 250,000.00 Great British Pounds Compensation has been Approved By the United Nations (UK Mission to UN).
Your funds has been deposited in a non-active account with the Co-operative Bank, United Kingdom.
Simply contact the Bank with your fullname; address; phone; country; date of birth' in order
to confirm and activate your account for transfer.
Contact Co-operative Bank

Customer Service
Direct Tel: +44 704 571 6882
Fax: +44709-284-2250
E-email: co-operativebank@co-opbonline.co.cc

Congratulations once again.
Regards,
Brown Daniel

Anti-fraud resources: