419 scam: "Mr Mapa Greg" <cby@cby.com.br> Dear Sir,

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Mapa Greg" <cby@cby.com.br>
Reply-To: mrmapa.greg@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 04:39:19 -0300
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir.

I hope not to waste any much of our time so I will be brief as possible. My name is Mr
Mapa Greg, I'm a banker and financial legal consultant to an engineer who worked for
Togo shell Oil & Gas before the unfortunate death on 19th September 2014. I could
explain more about this incident subsequently.

I request your transparent collaboration to assist me retrieve benefits which is now at
risk of loss here without a heir to succeed to, I have tried to reach possible relatives
for months and nothing positive yet. I am out of time so I reach you mutually as you can
stand in if I present you as heir, together we can successfully retrieve the benefits,
instead of it being embezzled and or diverted by the board members, who have no idea
about my late client.

I can guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any violation of law.

I do not wish to expose more than I should, I hope to hear from you soon. Kindly reach
me via above email.

You may also reach me via telephone call or sms. I am currently working with the BANK in
Togo, where the said deposit is held. so that I can revert back to you with more details
of this pending project.

Looking forward to hearing back from you soonest.

Sincerely,
Mr Mapa Greg.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam