419 scam: "gurrja"<angelgurrja@yahoo.com.ph> IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "gurrja" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <angelgurrja@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 16:08:49 +0300
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Dear Beneficiary,

After the call of President Barack Obama and the British Prime Mister David Cameron to the end of the Euro-zone crisis, IMF head Christine Lagarde welcomed the move. "The IMF has long emphasised that enhanced European and global firewalls, together with the implementation of strong policy frameworks, are critical for ending the crisis and securing international financial stability," she said. Earlier this week the head of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( Angel Gurria) - a forum of the world's rich democratic nations - recommended increasing the bailout funds to 1 trillion Euros, or about 11% of the eurozone's gross domestic product.

As a result of this aviation plan to eradicate and prevent further financial global crisis, €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) has been accredited in your favor by the European Union (EU) in conjuction with the IMF, International Monetary Fund as part of the Individual Investment /Economic Co-operation and Development . An ATM MasterCard will be issued to you which you will use to withdraw your funds from any ATM MACHINE CENTER or MasterCard outlet in the world as well as making online transfer from your MasterCard account.

Quoting your Refference code as follows: ATM/EU-IMF/38740-09 , Kindly endeavor to re- confirm the following information below for the immediate remittance your ATM MasterCard.

(1)Full names:
(2)Address:
(3)Phone #:
(4)Age:
(5)Occupation:
(6)Refference code: ATM/EU-IMF/38740-09

Your Prompt respond is needed urgently.

Regards,
Mr Angel Gurria
Head of Economic Co-operation and Development
(European Union)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam