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: "Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrcdaniels@ciudad.com.ar>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:12:01 -0600
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS READY !!!

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT/ ZENITH BANK PLC.
UNITED NATIONS LIASION OFFICE
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT
 
 
Our Ref: HB/NP/UN/XX072
 
 
Attention:  Dear Sir/madam.
 
 
 
How are you today?Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you.
 
 
We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world.
 
 
The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$500,000.00.
 
 
This includes every foriegn contractors that may have not received their contract sum,and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. This Compensation program was set up to help improve the lives of most people living in difficulties, and who might have been scammed in the past.
 
 
Your name was enlisted amongst those people entitled to this year compensation, and that is why we are contacting you, and it has been signed and agreed upon by the United Nations and World Bank Organization that a compensation payment of US$500,000.00 should be paid out to you via issuance of an ATM Card which will be sent to your address.
 
 
However,it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4120 5350 0007 4999 has been approved and upgraded in your favor with the Zenith Bank Plc, as the paying bank. Meanwhile,your Secret Pin Number will be made available to you as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD.
 
 
The ATM Card Value is $500,000.00 USD Only, and you are allowed a maximum withdrawal of US$10,000.00 daily.
 
 
You are hereby advised to contact the Director ATM SWIFT CARD Department, in the person of Mr. Mark Daniels for your ATM Card.
 
 
Below is the contact details where to contact him:
 
 
Person to Contact: MARK DANIELS
 
Email: markoplc@skymail.mn
 
Phone: +2347035578881.
 
 
You are also required to forward to Mr. Mark Daniels below information to facilitate the processing and delivery of your card to you successfully.
 
 
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) FULL ADDRESS OF YOUR CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME, POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
6) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:
 
Note: Your personal code of conduct with the Zenith Bank Plc is: (ZBPLC 702), you are to include this code while contacting them, so they will know that we directed you to contact them in regards to your payment claims.
 
 
We look forward to hearing from you once you successfully received your funds.
 
 
Regards,
 
 
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
http://www.un.org/sg/ Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General to The United Nations

Anti-fraud resources: