419 scam: "La Sra. Albertina A." <beatrice.amangh@hotmail.com> =?utf8?Q?Cortes=C3=ADa_de_la_temporada.__Quiero

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:
- "beatrice.aman42@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "La Sra. Albertina A." <beatrice.amangh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: beatrice_aman@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 19:19:15 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?utf8?Q?Cortes=C3=ADa_de_la_temporada.__Quiero_invertir.?=

Estimado amigo,

Soy la Sra. Albertina A. un gerente de banco sucursal aquÃ en Ghana.
DespuÃ©s de varias investigaciones oficiales de la oficina de comercio
exterior de nuestras cÃ¡maras de Comercio e industria, decidÃ en contacto
con usted directamente para obtener ayuda. Tengo la suma de 7 millones,
250 mil dÃ³lares que me gustarÃa transferir a su cuenta e invertir en su
paÃs si es posible en cualquier negocio lucrativo que serÃ¡ muy
rentables tales como bienes raÃces.

Hice este dinero (US$ 7,250,000.00) de mi ganancia exceso de oficina
sucursal para el aÃ±o fiscal 2009. Te elijo a ti porque no puedo estar
directamente involucrados porque sigo trabajando con el banco, espero que
usted puede entender mi situaciÃ³n y ayudarme a recibir e invertir este
dinero correctamente ya que es mi Ãºnica esperanza. ObtendrÃ¡ el 40% del
fondo total como ComisiÃ³n por su cooperaciÃ³n mientras que el 60% serÃ¡
para mÃ. Me responder inmediatamente en mi direcciÃ³n de correo
electrÃ³nico alternativa: beatrice.aman42@outlook.com para mÃ¡s detalles.

Necesito su respuesta para mÃ¡s detalles.

Saludos,
La Sra. Albertina A.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam