419 scam: "Mrs. Lilian Alexander" <morsaw@e-isco.com> Dear Friend

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:
- "dear friend" (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: "Mrs. Lilian Alexander" <morsaw@e-isco.com>
Reply-To: lilianalexander111@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 21:15:44 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

--
Dear Friend

I am Miss LILIAN ALEXANDER. a computer scientist with Bank Of Africa. I
am
26 years old, just started work with B.O.A. I came across your file
which
was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it
and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but
the
fund has not been release to you. The most annoying thing is that they
cannot tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the
fund to you, instead they let you spend money unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this
fund to you if you can certify me of my security, and how I can run away
from this Benin Republic if I do this, because if I don't run away from
this country after i made the transfer, I will be seriously in trouble
and
my life will be in danger. Please this is like a Mafia setting in Benin
Republic, you may not understand it because you are not a Benine.

The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK
we
call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information,
destroy
the previous one, punch the computer to reflect in your bank within 24
banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after
which I will run away from Benin Republic to meet with you. If you are
interested.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

YOU WILL SEND THE FEE FOR THE HARD DISK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE YOUR
TRANSFER
OR YOU BUY THE HARD DISK IN YOUR COUNTRY AND SEND IT TO ME,DON'T CONTACT
ME
IF YOU CAN NOT SEND THE HARD DISK FEE FIRST OR THE HARD DISK. AS SOON AS
I
RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISK WILL COST YOU.

Do get in touch with me immediately,You should send to me your
convenient
tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your
banking
details, so that there won't be any mistake.

Regards,
Miss LILIAN ALEXANDER

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam