419 scam: "Bart George"<J.I.U@un.org> GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATIONS ABOUT YOUR ABANDONED FUND INHERITANCE

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- george.bsherppard1759@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bart George" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <george.bsherppard1759@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 17:10:42 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM UNITED NATIONS ABOUT YOUR ABANDONED FUND INHERITANCE

A. BLOCK 860 United Nations Plaza
New York, 10017, USA

Attention : GOOD NEWS FROM JIU U.N.,
RESPOND THROUGH THE EMAIL ADDRESS: george.bsherppard1759@yahoo.com

I am George BARTSIOTAS Sherppard, the new Director Joint Inspection Unit of the United Nations system of America, Auditor General to various U.N organizations , During one of my investigation, I discovered an abandoned compersation fund in your name, as the new direct I have the power to let you receive it hitche free, if you can follow my instruction, count yourself very lucky because this is the best time to accomplish this transaction so that you can receive your fund and feel happy again.

The information on the file includes, your name, an official document from our affiliate office, if you wish to receive this fund do not hesitate to contact my office, because I am here to guide and help you as I have helped many others, I will also give you information of the people I have already assisted at different places.

There are also some unclaimed compensation that their owners are no more and can neither be located nor traced, it's an opportunity that I can share with you which i can share with you when we complete the first one, so take me as a life partner, what i need from you is Honesty because it is painful when you do not utilize a good opportunity like this, this transaction is real, genuine and risk free because i am incharge, I will be grateful if you can be able to handle it. The details and documents will be given to you as the next of kin to the Inheritance.

SEND THE BELOW INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION RESPOND THROUGH THIS EMAIL: george.bsherppard1759@yahoo.com

1. FULL NAME ...
2 . TELEPHONE NUMBER...
3. YOUR ADDRESS ...

Regards
George S. BARTSIOTAS
Director JOINT INSPECTION UNIT (JIU ) U.N.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam