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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: "Dr. Martin Olsen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MartinOlsen@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 16:04:37 +0200
Subject: GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY

Attn: Dear, I am Martin Olsen (Fsc, Mni) United Nation representative for African Economic Crimes, Scam and M o n e y Laundering. I write to address you on the account of petitions addressed to the United Nation Security Council by both the government of United State of America , France, Britain re-enacting an expose to the colossal magnitude of scam, deceit and M o n e y laundering cartel ring prevalent with countries such as Gambia, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin Republic, England, Spain and United State of America . It was on account of this that United Nation deployed its African Commission on Economic Crimes to wade into this ugly trend. Our Investigation revealed that this scam has been for a very long time but assumed global dimension in the last fifteen years. In response to these petitions to the UN, we have been engaged with the Nigeria government in the last five months, discussing the implication of this ugly p a y m e n t scam in Nigeria. The high powered delegation from the UN has achieved remarkable progress in our discussion with the Federal government of Nigeria. Presently we have started the p a y m e n t of the compensation for victims as agreed between the UN and the government of Nigeria. This commission is paying out the sum of $6.2M to all the victimized beneficiaries in our list. We have access to the victim’s compensation f u n d earmarked from Nigeria’s excess crude oil account of its federal reserve with Keystone Bank Ltd. For this we have enough fiscal cash to settle p a y m e n t on prorata basis.Contact our office via email with information’s like Name, Address,Phone Number for accurate vetting and form of ID Card. Contact us immediately. Dr. Martin Olsen (Fsc, Mni) United Nation representative African Economic Crimes, Scam and M o n e y Laundering Direct Line: + 2 3 4 8 0 5 4 4 0 1 3 4 1

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