419 scam: "CBeNS Info." <87684.a@gmail.com> THE EMAIL I SENT YOU BEFORE...

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: "CBeNS Info." <87684.a@gmail.com>
Reply-To: a6600cd@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 23:44:27 +0100
Subject: THE EMAIL I SENT YOU BEFORE...

I hope you are fine. My name is Noah Goodluck Comeaux and I have your
checks of $4,497,050.00 worth to deliver to you. I am the approved funds
delivery officer from the central bank Nigeria and her other financial
houses. All checks were raised here from the treasury accounts of the
central bank being operated here in the United States, so to make the
cashing easy for you and others.

Currently, I am in Missouri with all of these packages, and it will take
long time and lots of expenses to be flying from state to state making
individual deliveries.

On this note, I have arranged for an airport courier to dispatch the
packages one-by-one, to their respective owners. This will give me time to
monitor and document their deliveries. But you, like other beneficiaries I
successfully sent theirs to, are responsible for your own dispatch cost to
have it delivered to your home or office address.

Meanwhile, copies of your checks are scanned and attached to this email for
your perusal. Kindly download and view and get back to me letting know you
have received them. You can reach me here on +1 (314) 400-8548. I await
your email response or call.

Be-Fine,
Noah Goodluck Comeaux

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam