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: "ecomillying@terra.es" <ecomillying@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 02:25:23 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Part Time / Job Offer...



Ecological Forest Milling(Ecomill),
77 Royal Melbourne Avenue,
Connolly 6027, Australia.

Managing the Worlds Largest Ecosystem, the Earth Itself.
Plantation Management, Biodiversity, Water Resource management.
Environmental Land Management Studies. Project Co-ordinators.
Export and total Logistics Management.


Dear Madam,
I am Mr. Scott Harley Ross,Chief Executive Officer Of Ecological Forest Milling(Ecomill), Australia. I am introducing this proposal to you to work for the company as a representative/part-time worker in the United States Of America or Canada as a and you would paid 10% for every payment you receive for the company.

In regards to this, we deal with the Worlds Largest Ecosystem, the Earth Itself,Plantation Management, Biodiversity, Water Resource management,Environmental Land Management Studies,Export and total Logistics Management, and we would be most grateful if you could accept our offer to receuve money from our clients in the United States and Canada. In other to strengthen the Relationship between you and our numerous clients overseas, there are certain criteria’s that have to be met while we get a response from you, the company would need you to provide us with some basic information about yourself and get back to us as soon as possible.

Your job will be to receive payment (on our behalf) from prospective clients, which will be sent to you via mail or courier service (if payment is an international cheque/ draft) and have it cashed at your bank or any designated cashing point. If payment is in through wire transfer we will require you to open a bank account to receive this payment. We are only able to accept payment from clients that bank with the following banks stated below but will broaden our list of banks as we increase our number of representatives in America and Canada to make-work more convenient for you.

1. Bank of America
2. Wells Fargo bank
3. Barclays Bank
4. Macquarie Investment Bank, Australia

Whatever the form of payment is, you are to immediately deduct your commission (10% of the money) and forward the balance to us or any of our various branches as you are instructed to do.

PLEASE ENTER THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS CAREFULLY AND RETURN BACK TO US AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR APPROVAL.
FULL NAMES:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
COUNTRY OF RESDENCE:
MOBILE NUMBER:
Do you have checking account? YES/NO
Bank name:

Once more we would appreciate your urgent response to this mail.
Thank you.

>From Management and Staff of ECOMILL.
Regards,
Scott Harley


P.S : This is 100% risk free , all we need is your trust.






Prueba el Nuevo Correo Terra; Seguro, r&aacute;pido, fiable.





Anti-fraud resources: