419 scam: "Mr GodWin Emefiene"<Dietreviewboard.com@Dietreviewboard.com> Mr GodWin Emefiene Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria 19/08/2014

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:
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347036727346 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr GodWin Emefiene" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <godwinemefielecbn@manager.in.th>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:16:37 +0100
Subject: Mr GodWin Emefiene Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria 19/08/2014

Head Office Plot 708/709, Adeola Hopewell,
Victoria Island Lagos,Nigeria.
FROM:Desk of Mr GodWin Emefiele
Phone Number+2347036727346

Governor Of Central Bank Of Nigeria,

RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Mr GodWin Emefiene Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria

ATTENTION: Beneficiary

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have
not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not
fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract
/inheritance payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to
stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the
board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a
solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your
payment of 28 Million United State ($28,000,000.00) through our ATM
CARD (AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE).

Which shall be deliver to your door step ,which is the instruction
given by our president, GOODLUCK JONATHAN (GCFR) Federal Republic of
Nigeria. These include cash and frozen assess to compensate those who
have been attempted or victims of fraud by some importers/fraudsters
in Nigeria, This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will
use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world.
but the maximum is ($5,000) Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars in three
transactions per day.

However, every other things has been put in place for safe delivery of
you ATM CARD to your Door step. So, if you like to receive your fund
this way, you are advice to get back to me with the following
information below to enable me get back to you quickly with full
details on how to receive your card.

(1) Your Full Name

(2) Address where you want the payment center to send your ATM CARD.

(3) Phone And Fax Number We shall be expecting to receive your
information you have stop any further communication with anybody or
office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me with the above
mentioned information.

Thanks for your co-operation. Best Regards,

I await an immediate response from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr GodWin Emefiene
Executive Officer Foreign Payment Department
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.

Remittance Department Central Bank Of Nigeria. Note: Because of
impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct, which is
(805) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this CARD
CENTER

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam