419 scam: "Mr.charlesmike" <"www."@herb.ocn.ne.jp> Greetings,

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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.charlesmike" <"www."@herb.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.charlesmike" <charlesmike077@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 01:24:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

With due respect, I am Diplomatic Charles, I was contacted by International Monetary Fund (IMF)Benin Republic to deliver your UNCLAIMED money to you in your country home of residence, which was over due for payment worth $4.8m usd. A power of attorney was forwarded to our office this morning by two gentlemen both of them an Australian Citizens. They claimed to be your representative, and the power of attorney stated that you are dead;Please, you are giving 24hrs to confirm that you are still alive.
If you are still alive, You are to contact me back immediately with the below information, Because we work 24 hrs just to ensure that we monitor all the activities going on in regards to the transfer/delivery of beneficiaries and contract payment.

Your Names:
Your Home/Office Address:
Your Nationality
Your Phone:
Your Age/Sex and I$B!G(Bd Card:

You are to reply immediately for clarifications in other to avoid any wrong transfer/delivery of your money, be informed that any further delay from your side could be dangerous, as we would not be held responsible of wrong payment.

Be informed that the requested information is very important in other to enable us proceed with the delivery and you will be responsible for the delivery charge.

Best Regards,
Diplomat Charles Mike.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam