419 scam: "MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE" <josephnwanguma58@gmail.com> Your Inheritance

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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE" <josephnwanguma58@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cbnbank@aliyun.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:30:37 -0700
Subject: Your Inheritance

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA,
OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE,
566 TO 599 VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS NIGERIA.

TRANSFER

I write to bring to your notice,a gentleman identified as Mr.Thomas Edward
Cork,address: 1200 Fitch Way, Sacramento, Ca.95864 filed an application
contrary letter to your Pending fund.The above mentioned gentleman visited
this Bank with a power of attorney signed by you granting him the benefit
to process and claims your inheritance fund of $15,000,000.00(Fifteen
Million United States Dollars) on your behalf due to your financial
situation and health challenge at the moment as stated on the power of
attorney he presented.

Therefore,we ask him to return back within 48hours,to enable us to have a
personal confirmation notice from you being the legal beneficiary of the
fund.

We are sorry to have delayed this instruction and transaction till this
moment in giving out this fund since we must adhere to the procedures of
this honorable bank.

Please, did you sign the power of Attorney in favor of Mr.Thomas
E.Cork,thereby making him the current beneficiary of your inheritance fund?

Your confirmation to the above information will be appreciated.We look
forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards

Yours sincerely
MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE
Email: cbnbank@aliyun.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam