419 scam: olisa agbakoba <agbakoba.a20@gmail.com> Financial Service Authority(FSA).

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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 dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- hassanahmed657@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: olisa agbakoba <agbakoba.a20@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 22:49:19 -0700
Subject: Financial Service Authority(FSA).

Attn; The beneficiary,

The Financial Service Authority(FSA) Abuja Nigeria, has found your
email address among the 6 Scam Victims, listed to be compensated with
($6,300,000.00 USD) Six Million Three Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars. The arrangement is for UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA ( UBA ) Abuja
Nigeria to issue an ATM CARD of the ($6,300,000.00 USD) in your name
and send you the HARD COPY via a capable Courier Company. Therefore
you are to contact Dr.Hassan Ahmed the ( UBA ) customer services via
his private email address here (hassanahmed657@gmail.com) for an
urgent arrangement towards the delivery of the ATM CARD to you today.

Most Importantly, you should provide them with your FULL NAME, your
CURRENT ADDRESS and your DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER , this is to avoid
any mistake in your ATM card delivery today.

Once more, you should provide the above mentioned detail to Dr.Hassan
Ahmed for further action.

Regards,
Olisa Agbakoba.
( FSA) Abuja Nigeria.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam