419 scam: OFFICIAL NOTICE <v9@vgfcdx.ml> Confidential Information

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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: OFFICIAL NOTICE <v9@vgfcdx.ml>
Reply-To: <evancanavela@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 10:02:42 +0100
Subject: Confidential Information

>From the Desk of Evan Canavela
Investigating Officer,
Ministry of Finance
630066 Hatton Garden ,
London ECIN 8LE.

Confidential Information

Good Day,

Firstly i would like to apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail. My name is Mr. Evan Canavela, I work with the HM Treasury UK. I am writing to you in respect of $10,000.000.00 (Ten Million US Dollars). which i have prepare and willing to send to you through the United Nations Diplomat who will handle the delivery process of the Funds to your designated address. I want to inform you the diplomat will deliver the funds, i have package the funds as a diplomatic compensation to you.

However i did not disclose the contents to the diplomat that the box contains money but i told him that it is your compensation from the Financial Secretary and from our affiliate, i want you to know that these funds would help immensely with your financial status and i am not demanding so much from you but only 20% from the total funds.

All needed cooperation to make the claims will be given to you. If you are interested kindly let us have the below information to proceed and i will give you more details.

1. Full name

2: Telephone and Fax numbers.

3. Full Address

4. Occupations

5. Age

I would like you to get back to me so that i can give you the contact details of the diplomat who is waiting eagerly to get your details so that we can proceed with the delivery procedures.

Yours Sincerely,
Evan Canavela.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam