419 scam: "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)"<akujames02@w.cn> Attention:Beneficiary (Your Over Due Funds Payment)

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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akujames011@w.cn>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 08:56:14 -0700
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary (Your Over Due Funds Payment)

From;Dr.Aku James
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
International Operations/Foreign funds
Debt Reconciliation/Payment

Your Attention:Beneficiary,

Your Over Due Inheritance/contract Funds Payment.

This is to notify you that your over due contract funds has been gazettes to be Released,via key telex transfer (KTT) direct wire transfer to you by the Senate house committee for foreign over due fund transfer.

Meanwhile, a woman wrote to my office few days ago with a letter,claiming to be your True representative. Here are her informations:All Over Due Inheritance/contract Funds winner prize have recall to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

Name: Mrs. Janet White
Bank Name: The Commerce Bank
Bank Address: 1837, Richmond av.
Staten Island, New York
Account Number: 7920507852,Routing
No:026-013-673,Swift Code: CBNAUS33

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you So that the Bank will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account Name. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have been approved and accredited by
the Federal Ministry Of Finance and the Senate House committee for foreign over due fund,to pay all foreign Over due
inheritance funds and contract to respective original beneficiaries this first quarter Payment of the year 2010.

However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mrs.Janet White, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today.

Your Sincerely,
Dr.Aku James
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
International Operations
Debt Reconciliations/Payment

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam