419 scam: "Hanson Ben" <hansonben@sify.com> CONTACT APEX SECURITY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT IMMEDIATELY

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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dumorrage" (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. )
- "stamp duty" (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. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22996463462 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- hansonben@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- apexsecuritybj@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hanson Ben" <hansonben@sify.com>
Reply-To: apexsecuritybj@sify.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:04:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT APEX SECURITY FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT IMMEDIATELY

X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information
X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner: Found to be clean
X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-SpamScore: ssss
X-OBSA S.A-MailScanner-From: hansonben@sify.com
X-Spam-Status: No
X-Spam-Flag: YES

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you & your Family. I have been waiting for you since to
contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of ($1.5m) United States
Dollars, but didn't hear from you since. Then i went and deposited the
Draft with APEX COURIER SECURITY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC,before I
travelled out of the country for a short Course and i will not come back
till end of next Month.What you have to do now is to contact APEX COURIER
SECURITY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC as soon as possible to know when they
will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For your
information, I have paid for the delivering Charges, The only money you
will pay to courier & Security Company to deliver your Draft direct to
your postal Address in your country is ($105) only being their Stamp Duty
Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, Do not be deceive by anybody to pay any other money except $105, I
would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and incase of dumorrage.You have to contact the APEX
COURIER SECURITY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC, now for the delivery of your
Draft with this information bellow.

E-mail : (apexsecuritybj@sify.com)

Phone : +229 96 46 34 62

Registration Reference No; wwdsc/xxx/100

Code Number:xxxdcsc/6545

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail
to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Stamp duty fee
of $105 for their immediate action.You should also Let me know through
email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Note; APEX COURIER SECURITY COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC do not know the
contents of the parcel. I registered it as my photograph (pix) being sent
to a friend overseas. They do not know that it contains a bank draft of
such a huge amount of money, this is to avoid them tempering with the
parkage. Do not let them know the contents of the parcel. I am waiting to
hear the good news from you.

Regards,
Dr.Mike Onwa

--
Este mensaje ha sido analizado por MailScanner
en busca de virus y otros contenidos peligrosos,
y se considera que está limpio.
For all your IT requirements visit: http://www.transtec.co.uk

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam