419 scam: "Ms. Tawanda Ivy" <offce.fil@gmail.com> Your shipment

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:
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Tawanda Ivy" <offce.fil@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Ms. Tawanda Ivy" <tawandaivy@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 05:59:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your shipment

This is to inform you that the reactivation and the delivery of your parcel to you has been paid, since it has limit days to expire and when it expires, your funds will go into the government purse, then I paid the reactivation fee including the registration and freight charges. The Cargo Trunk Box will be transport to you through DHL Express Service Benin, then you must contact DHL Express Service Benin today for delivery of your cargo trunk box to you without any delay, I know when you get your Cargo Trunk Box definitely you will repay me back the money I have spent so far and even reward me for my good work, meanwhile I did not pay their official security charges of $65 per day, due to they didn't know when you will be contacting them, so you have to contact them today and pay their official security charges of $65 per day before your parcel accumulates more charges and I deposited it yesterday 29th of June 2015.

Now contact DHL Express Service Benin transit today on their e-mail address here, and supply them the below requested info such as,
Your full name:..................
Address (NO P.O. BOX):........................
Cell and Tel no:.......................
Country/Occupation/Gender:.....................

Let me know as soon as you have contacted them to give you the code key of the parcel.

Ms. Tawanda Ivy

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam