419 scam: "Mr.Amos Manga" <mramosmanga1004@gmail.com> Greetings To You My Good Friend,

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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.Amos Manga" <mramosmanga1004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.amosmanga@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:58:04 +0000
Subject: Greetings To You My Good Friend,

Greetings To You My Good Friend,

I write you this letter from the heart full of sincerity and tension.
I am Barrister Amos Manga, residing in Belgium. I am the Legal
Attorney to one Mr.Danilo Aleksander. A Ukrainian sunflower oil and
wheat, maize farmer. My client was murdered by the Russian Army troop
because of the war between Russia and Ukraine. it was so very
terrible. He was a sunflower oil and wheat and maize farmer who
invested much in agriculture.

I acknowledged that my client deposited the sum of 6.5 Million Euros
with a Bank in Taiwan with the intention of using it for the purchase
of new farm machineries and chemicals in China. I am contacting you
with great confidence in the
hope of entrusting you with the care and custody of the fund for
investment purposes in your country.

Please, I would like to know how convenient it might be for you to
assist me claim the fund as a good business partner to my late
client. The bank where the fund is said that they want a business
partner to come forward with backed up documents on the funds then
they will release it to the partner. I want you to understand that
this is a sure deal which is 100% risk free.

I solicit for your honest assistance as I want this fund to be
transferred to your account with your partnership, I will
want to invest this fund in your country or we share the money and go
our separate ways. I look forward to
your reasonable response and in return I will provide you with more details.

Sharing formular: 60% for me, 40% for you.

Warm Regards,
Mr.Amos Manga.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam