419 scam: "Mr.Micheal Orwell" <www.@castle.ocn.ne.jp> COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY,

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:
- "stamp duty" (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. )
- "moneygram" (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. )
- "money gram" (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. )
- "money transfer control number" (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. )
- "cotonou" (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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- jamesblunt355@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Micheal Orwell" <www.@castle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Micheal Orwell" <jamesblunt355@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 02:54:01 +0900 (JST)
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY,

COMPLIMENT OF THE DAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY, THIS IS TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF ORDER FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE DATED

FROM 12 / 02/ 2018. ITS MY GREAT PLEASURE

AND HONOR TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED EXPRESS MANDATE AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM AFRICAN UNION (AU) PRESIDENT REPUBLIC OF BENIN TOGETHER WITH THE FEDERAL

MINISTER ADMINISTRATOR TRUST FUND COMMITTEE

TO COMMENCE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND $16.5MILLION USD THROUGH THIS MEDIUM OF MONEYGRAM MONEY TRANSFER FOR EASY CONFIRMATION AND YOU SHOULD BE

INFORMED THAT
THROUGH THIS MEDIUM OF MONEYGRAM THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO BE RECEIVING $5000.00 USD PER DAY UNTIL YOUR TOTAL FUNDS $16.5MILLION IS COMPLETELY TRANSFERRED

TO YOU.

HOWEVER, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS MONEYGRAM WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FIRST INSTALLMENT PAYMENT SUM OF ($5000 USD) HAS BEING SENT IN YOUR ADDRESS THIS

MORNING BUT THE PAYMENT HAS BEEN PLACED ON HOLD
BECAUSE AFTER THE PAYMENT SENT OUT WE NOTICE THAT YOU DID NOT FULFILLED OUR RULES AND REGULATION UNDER FOREIGN TRANSACTION, MEANING THAT YOUR FUND HAS NO

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PAPER PERMIT,

ACCORDING TO OUR FOREIGN TRANSACTION STRATEGY THE TRANSACTION WILL COST YOU SUM OF $100.00 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PAPER PERMIT AND STAMP DUTY ,

1) INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PAPER PERMIT COST $65.00

2) THE STAMP DUTY FEE $35.00

3) TOTAL SUM OF $100 USD ONLY

SO MY DEAR IN YOUR BEST INTEREST, WE HEREBY ADVISED YOU TO USE BELOW INFORMATION AND SEND THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PAPER PERMIT AND STAMP DUTY FEE OF

$100 IMMEDIATELY THROUGH

MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER SO THAT WE CAN BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE FIRST $5000 USD FOR YOU TODAY BEFORE WE CLOSE AT WORK, BELOW ARE THE RECEIVER DETAILS.FOR

YOU TO SEND THE $100

RECEIVER NAME :::::::::: PETER UGA
ADDRESS;;;;;;;;;; 65 CETO GBOJE COTONOU
COUNTRY :::::::::: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY :::::::::: COTONOU
AMOUNT :::::::::: $100.00 ONLY
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER M.T.C.N ::::::::::

SENDER'S NAME ::::::::::

SENDER'S PHONE NUMBER ::::::::::

AFTER YOU SENT THE MONEY REMEMBER TO FORWARD TO US THE M.T.C.N AND SENDER NAME TO US THROUGH OUR MANAGER EMAIL (jamesblunt355@yahoo.com) ALSO

SEND US YOUR CURRENT PHONE NUMBER AND

ADDRESS TO AVOID MISTAKE WHEN WE ARE TO RELEASE YOUR FIRST $5000 TODAY OK.

BE RE-ASSURED OF THIS MONEYGRAM INTEGRITY AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

THANKS, I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPOND,

REGARDS
Mr.Micheal Orwell
MONEYGRAM OFFICE
MANAGER FOREIGN OPERATION

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam