joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

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:

Fraud email example:

From: stanley.kone38@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:15:17 EDT
Subject: New Job Referral



New Job Referral
----------------
  
From: stanley.kone

To: Dear Respectful One,
  
-----------------------

Message: Dear Respectful One,

My name is stanley kone i am 19years old from Liberia. presently now I am in Cote D'Ivoire. Please go through below my mail to see if you can assist for our mutual benefit. My late father was a cocoa and gold business man. He died in motor accident with my mother one week after his trip to Cote d Ivoire to negotiate on a cocoa business he wanted to invest in. My mother died instantly and my father followed up five days after in the hospital. (May there soul rest in perfect peace) Before death of my father, he disclosed with me about sum of  ($10, 500,000USD) Ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars,he deposited in a Finance Company he wanted to invest outside Africa with my name as next of kin.I am a novice in terms of business and can not be able to handle investment of the money by myself and do not want to involve my relatives as instructed by my late father. that is why I solicit for your assistance to guard me invest this money as a partner under your care. If we happen to do this together, before any thing is done with the money, I will give you 10% of the total money as compensation for your assistance.I look forward to hearing from you for more details if you are willing andable to handle this. please contact me with this email Address;

(stanley.kone38@yahoo.com)


Best regards.  
stanley kone
(stanley.kone38@yahoo.com)


Go to: https://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=529&ji=2504240&sn=I
  
Job Title:  Administrative Assistant Senior
Job Number:  bbox-00004031
Location:  Toronto, ON

Responsibilities:  This position is responsible for a wide variety of administrative and clerical tasks, including answering phones, generating and monitoring correspondence, scheduling meetings, copying, faxing, filing and ordering office supplies.   This individual would support the General Manager, as well as the Sales and Operations teams.  

In addition to these usual duties, this position also requires calendar management, coordination of meetings and events for internal as well as external customers, development of sales collateral and presentations, and the organization of marketing initiatives.

Requirements:  Must have excellent PC skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Ideal candidate would have a minimum of 4-5 years experience in a similar environment.

Anti-fraud resources: