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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: "Mr. Troy A. Miller" <ops@globaldispatch.aero>
Reply-To: mrtroymiller0@aol.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:58:08 -0800
Subject: ATTN: Sir/Madam

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Headquarters: Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20229, United States

ATTN: Sir/Madam

According to the ethics of an office, introduction is always very important on a first contact like this. I am Mr. Troy A. Miller, the Acting Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This Official Memorandum is to inform you that we discovered that some officials who work under the United States government have attempted to divert your Funds through a back-door channel. We actually discovered this today, through our Special Agents under the Disciplinary Unit of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after we apprehended a suspect.

The mentioned suspect was apprehended at the Rio Grande Valley Border early this morning, as he attempted to carry the enormous cash of $30,500,000.00 dollars outside the shores of the United States. In respect to the money laundering decree of the United States, such amounts of money cannot be moved in cash outside the United States because such an attempt is a criminal offense and is punishable under the money laundering act of 1982 of the United States of America. This decree is a globalized law applicable in most developed countries in order to check-mate terrorism and money laundering.

From our gathered information here in this Unit, we discovered that the said Funds in question actually belong to you, but it had been purposely delayed because the officials in charge of your Payment are into some sort of irregularities which is totally against the ethics of any Payment institution. Presently, this said Fund is under the custody of (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and I can assure you that your Funds will be released to you without a hitch provided that you are sincere to us in this matter. Also, we require your positive co-operation at every level because we are closely monitoring this very transaction in order to avert the bad eggs in our society of today.

Today, we have instructed the Executive management of (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) to Release the said Funds Valued $30,500,000.00 dollars to you as the certified Beneficiary in question, because we have valuable information/records to authenticity that the said Funds truly belongs to you. Be that as it may, you are required to provide us with below listed information (for official verification).

1. First Name, Middle Name and Last Name.
2. Age.
3. Occupation.
4. Marital Status.
5. Direct Telephone/Fax Number.
6. Residential address.

We await your immediate compliance to this official obligation, so that you can be paid by (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Officially Sealed.

Mr. Troy A. Miller
Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

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