419 scam: "Mrs. Amira George Abady" <office2@toms-shoe.gr> Contact Mr. Jonathan For The Delivery Of A Cheque

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:
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "certificate fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "are expected to pay " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.jrandle92@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Amira George Abady" <office2@toms-shoe.gr>
Reply-To: agabady0526@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:25:51 -0400
Subject: Contact Mr. Jonathan For The Delivery Of A Cheque

My Dear Beneficiary,

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to
chose you amongst the numerous internet users in the world. Precisely, I
cannot say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I saw your
profile on the Internet, which has made me accomplish my request. May
the almighty God bless and see you through with this mission if you can
carefully read and digest the message below.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I
am Mother Amira George Abady, 87 Years old woman from Morocco and the
wife of Late Sir George Abady dual citizen of Morocco and Canada who
died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK
while they were flying from New York to Geneva.

Please see site below for more information.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and
now that I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life
with my family and loved ones in France, whom I never had time for
during the course of my business life, but before the death of my
husband we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half
of what we have worked for to the less privileged and charity homes and
the other half for ourselves, family members and close friends, and it
is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me
and I am very weak and old now, hence I have decided to do this
philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several
charity homes and to some of the less privileged in different countries.
Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the
deprived, we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not
meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we
receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which
we have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such
gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me
because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have
agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the
beneficiary of our last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial
status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer that
will cost you nothing.

I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of $5,800,000.00 United
States Dollars with DIPLOMATIC express to deliver to you, what you have
to do now is to contact Mr. Jonathan DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE, as soon
as possible to know when he will deliver your package to you because of
the expiring date.

I only made the deposit with your EMAIL ADDRESS and SECURITY KEEPING
CODE (SCT/0573/G) because I do not know your name and the address you
would want to receive the parcel with. I couldn't find them on net while
browsing your profile if not I would have given it to DIPLOMATIC for
immediate and fast delivery of this parcel to you.

For your information, I have paid for the delivery Charge, Insurance
Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is
not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

Let me repeat again, try to contact Mr. Jonathan as soon as you receive
this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to ask her to provide
you with information how they wish to use in receiving their security
keeping fee of $185 United States Dollars for their immediate action.
Please my dear if you know that you will not help me with the $185
dollars please do not contact me or Mr. Jonathan DIPLOMATIC, please I
need some one that will help me.

You have to contact Mr. Jonathan DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE, ALABAMA,
now for the delivery of the cheque with this information below;

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Jonathan Taylor

Email: mr.jrandle92@gmail.com

Tel:+1 (970) 235-0606

Again, you are not to pay for the delivery Charge, the Insurance premium
and the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I have already
paid for them, the only money you are expected to pay is $185 United
States Dollars for the security keeping of the Cheque so far.

I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not
because they don't know when you will be contacting them and to avoid
demurrage or further cost.

You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake
on the Delivery.

Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;

Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0573/G) of the draft, you are
to also present it to them for verification before delivery.

Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or late my husband. All I
need you to do is, When you get this fund, use ONLY 800.000.00 (Eight
hundred thousand United States Dollars) for your effort and USE THE REST
OF THIS FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSE IN THE WAY IT WILL PLEASE HUMANITY.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs. Amira George Abady

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam