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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: western_union_offer@live.com
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:21:47 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS





WESTERN UNION PUBLIC RELATIONS
22 MISSION WAY, ABUJA
NIGERIA.
Direct Tel:+2348073952287

I am Mrs Halley lucky a delegate from United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC).This is to
inform you that Selection was carried out through a Computer Random Selection System and your
email address came out as one of the Five Lucky Winners..This year 2011 Lucky Winners.You have
therefore been awarded to be compensate with cash prize of 800,000,00 (Eight Hundred Thousand
(British Pounds) You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information's as soon
as possible for the speedy transfer of your award prize .This is your winning pin number
XZB120964MW.Note that You are not allowed to disclose any of your winning informations,hence
somebody else will file for your claim and cheque will be delivered to such person, please take
note!and your winning pin number for future claims:Union Agent with details below for your
Compensation payment.
Agent Name: Morgan Fatty

Email:western_union_offer@live.com

1.Names in full.------
2.Address.-------
3.Nationality.---------------
4.Age.-------
5.Occupation.------------
6.Telephone Number.-------
7.Email address. --------


Please, be advised and be aware that your funds had been insured and the necessary charges would
be taken care of by you






















Anti-fraud resources: