419 scam: "George Wisnowski"<charles@spectrumnet.com.br> VERY URGENT

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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "George Wisnowski" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gowisnowski@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:14:21 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT

Inheritance Ref: DFS/5318/890/008/103/H-DS

Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds has been gazetted to be released to you through a diplomatic shipment. Mean while, a woman contacted us this morning with an application claiming to be your representative. She said you are medically incapacitated and unable to do anything on your own.

Here are the information’s she submitted for the funds shipment.

Name: Deborah Cuttino

Address: 7402 Gossamer Street Union city GA 30291 USA

Do re-confirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this woman is truly from you as the Finance Department will not be held responsible for shipping your fund to the wrong person. The executive director and committee for foreign over due Inheritance have approved your inheritance for onward shipment.

Sincerely

George Wisnowski

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam