419 scam: Board Director <www.andrewnorman@yahoo.com.ph> INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REGULATORY BOARD

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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Board Director <www.andrewnorman@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: ifr_board@instruction.com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:52:54 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REGULATORY BOARD

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REGULATORY BOARD

REFERENCE NUMBER: FP/125/131/USA

For your Urgent Attention,

We sent you a letter dated 23-03-2012 and up till now we have not received any further correspondence with you. We are the International Financial Regulatory Board (IFRB). We oversee all the international financial affairs and transactions across countries and districts. We deal with all International Financial matters relating to foreign transfers, fund claims and inheritance.

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the result of the International Annual Bank audit enquiries, concerning Individuals and companies unclaimed funds with banks, confirmed that there is unclaimed money valued at ($1,800,000.00) One Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, which belongs to you and is currently with a Bank. For your information, all the necessary verifications processes have been carried out to confirm your true eligibility of the said fund.

Due to the International Financial law system, the banks that are currently holding your funds are not authorized to deal directly with you. We have appointed a United States of America based Independent Financial Law Firm, to assist you in all the necessary legal matters and processes involved in this transaction and also to supervise/ monitor the entire processes with the bank, for transparency.

Please take note: all their legal consultancy and management costs will be paid by us. We can assure you and guarantee that they will do everything legally to ensure that you receive your unclaimed funds.

For further advice and instructions please contact:

Contact Person: Mr. Donald Williams

Position: International Financial Attorney and Consultant

Location: Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

Telephone: +1-646-233-4216

Please, remember to quote your reference number (FP/125/131/USA) in all future correspondences and do keep this matter private and confidential to avoid the issue of double claiming. Thank you

Reply Via ifr_board@instruction.com

Kind regards

Mrs Juliet Morgan

CEO

International Financial Regulatory Board Director

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam