419 scam: "Dr Musa Adamu" <drwilliamsgreens

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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031947949 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Musa Adamu" <drwilliamsgreens_3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 06:28:01 +0100
Subject: RESERVATION

Hello,
I am Dr. william green Of virgin coporation
I will need rooms for 4 couples that are coming for tours
Please do let me know your rates and the total cost for the 4
couples that will camp/ stay in rooms for the duration of 7 days
Dates of the stay/camp are from 1st October 2007 to the 7th
October 2007
Will you also be able to offer fishing services?
I hope you accept visa card for payment?
Regards.
Dr. william green
G.M. Virgin Organisation
EH6 7AA 11 Tower Street Edinburgh Scotland.
Phone:+44 7031947949
Fax:+44 7092867467

--

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam