419 scam: MR.IBRAHIM MAGU <info@phrd.com> ATTN:

joewein.net

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:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "mr.ibrahimmag987hyu@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MR.IBRAHIM MAGU <info@phrd.com>
Reply-To: <Mr6IbrahimMagu1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:12:05 +0200
Subject: ATTN:

Attn:

I am Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission in Nigeria. i want to use this medium to find out if you lost any money through internet scammers any where in this world. am in Cotonou Benin Republic, searching for those scammers. $10,000000 was set aside by

the Government to pay the scam victims. So if you lost any money kindly indicate by writing down your details on the gaps below. Once you drop your details and we confirm it, we will finalize your transactions back to you immediately within few days.

First Name :......................................

Country:...........................................

City:..................................................

Tel: .....................................................

Sex :........................................................

Age: ........................................................

ID: ............................................................

EMAIL: Forward your name & Mailing address (Not P.o Box Please) to Director of Investigation Mr. Joseph through email:

(MR.IBRAHIMMAG987hyu@outlook.com)

Yours Sincerely

CALL ME:+22990829614

MR.IBRAHIM MAGU

FROM EFCC MR.IBRAHIM MAGU

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam