419 scam: Kristalina Georgieva <microsoftcompany49@gmail.com> URGENT ATTENTION

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- jhnlaborde@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kristalina Georgieva <microsoftcompany49@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kristalinageorgieva170@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:20:45 -0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

--
Contact Mr. John Laborde [jhnlaborde@gmail.com ] For Your ATM Master
Card Delivery Tomorrow.

Dear beneficiary, we have been planning on how to deliver your ATM
MASTER CARD funds compensation settlement from International Monetary
Fund to your home address. Right now every arrangements for the
delivery has been completed and this is
to let you know that we have finalized with Wells Fargo Bank to credit
your ($3,500, 000.00 Million USD) to an ATM VISA CARD. So your
inherited funds of ($3.500, 000.00 Million USD) has been converted and
deposited to an ATM VISA CARD.

Here's your ATM card details/information
4342-5801-5196-5506 Exp: 10/24, CCV: 713

I want you to contact Mr. John Laborde with your address.., Tell.., full name...
for the proper delivery of this your ATM CARD to your home address.

You're required to contact him as soon as possible let him deliver
your ATM card to your home address and you can track the ATM card
with this provided ATM card information and also this your ATM card
is properly activated but you can only start accessing it as soon as
he deliver the card to your home address for a security reasons, so
contact Mr. John Laborde through this Email :[ jhnlaborde@gmail.com )
Thanks so much for your patients,
Best regards.
Yours in service,
Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva.
I.M.F President.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam