419 scam: "Samuel Akwasi" <samuelakwasi1@gmail.com> GET BACK TO ME SOON

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Samuel Akwasi" <samuelakwasi1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <samuelakwasi2@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:45:43 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME SOON

Hello,

I am Mr.Samuel Akwasi, Account officer in the bank where I work. I would like to know if this proposal will be worthwhile for your acceptance.

I have a Foreign Customer who is an Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and Federal Government Contractor who was a victim of food poising by his wife, leaving a closing balance of $9.7 in his Private US Dollar Account which is been managed by me as the Customer's Account Officer.

Base on my security report, these funds can be claimed without any hitches as no close member is aware of the funds and its closing balance except me and the customer (Now Deceased) therefore, I can present you as the Next of Kin and we will work out the modalities for the claiming of the funds in accordance with the banking law.

Respond,

Regard,
Mr.Samuel Akwasi

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam