419 scam: "Cmb" <info@microtekk.com> Icep

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.
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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- icep-cmb@virgilio.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Cmb" <info@microtekk.com>
Reply-To: icep-cmb@virgilio.it
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:16:48 +0100
Subject: Icep

I am a member of Independent Committee of Persons based in Switzerland. Icep is charged with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in Switzerland belonging to non-Swiss indigenes which have remained dormant since World War II.

It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). The continuing efforts of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons have since resulted in the discovery of 54,000 additional dormant accounts in December 1999.

The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest-bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe-deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established.

The Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) handles processing of all claims on accounts of non-Swiss citizens. I discovered a dormant account with a credit balance of 45,000,000 US dollars plus accumulated interest. The Claims Resolution Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills) [sic].

Being an executive member of ICEP, I have secretly transferred the funds to a secret location. All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for the processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds in your names. These details should be forwarded to the following Email address: icep-cmb@virgilio.it

Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response

Sharon

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam