419 scam: Godwin Nwafor <godwinnwafor18@yahoo.com.ph> CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST KINDLY TREAT URGENTLY

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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
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: Godwin Nwafor <godwinnwafor18@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: godwinnwafor003@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:15:04 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST KINDLY TREAT URGENTLY

Attention: Beneficiary

This is to inform you that a power of attorney was forwarded to our office by two gentle men, one Mr.TOM VIOLA an American national and a Canadian MR DAVID DEANE.

These two gentlemen claimed to be your representative, and this power of
attorney stated that you are no longer interested on the sum of
US$38,500,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million,Five Hundred Thousand United State
of American Dollars) which is currently in our database for payment and your name as the beneficiary.

They gave us an account name to change the ownership from your details which we already have in our payment database to replace theirs in other for them to claim the fund amounting to US$38,500,000.00 which is currently DORMANT and
UNCLAIMED.

Below is the new account they have submitted:

BANK.-HSBC CANADA
QUEZON CITY , CANADA
ACCOUNT NO. 2984-0008-66
SWIFT CODE. HKBCCATTCAL

contact this office immediately for clarifications on this matter.

Also be informed that any further delay from your side will be considered
that their demands to be legitimate, as we would not be liable for any wrong payment.

Thank you.

Mr.Godwin Nwafor
International Remittance Director
Oceanic Bank Nig Plc

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam