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: "FROM JONATHAN MOORE (INVESTMENT PROJECT)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.jonathanmoore@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 13:42:20 +0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PROJECT OF GBP100 MILLION POUNDS

Attention: Manager/ Director/ CEO/President/Chairman
Good day

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. I am a high placed official working with Department of Finance & Economic Affairs, in United Kingdom. I am currently in need of a silent foreign partner whose identity can be used to transfer the sum of £100 Million Pounds as an Investment Funds. This fund accumulated legitimately to me as commission from foreign contracts awarded with (Department of Transport & Aviation), through my private connections.

The funds are presently waiting to be remitted from one of the commercial bank here in United Kingdom to any overseas beneficiary confirmed by me as associate/receiver. By virtue of my position as a civil servant in my country, I cannot acquire this money in my name due to my status as a high placed civil servant, I am not allowed by the civil service code of conduct to own or operate bank account outside my shores.

I have been searching for an overseas silent partner who could work with me as a partner to facilitate the transfer of these funds for our mutual benefit, hence the reason for this email. I want a company or capable individual that can go into partnership with me and invest these funds in to a lucrative business, hence the reason for this investment are as following:

A. Commercial Property Business
B. Hotel resorts, Travel &Tourism field industry.

After you receive the funds, it would be shared on this ratio as follows: 20% to you as commission for your co-operation and assistance in facilitating the transfer to your company’s bank account or your private bank account that you will provide, while the remaining 80% will be for the investment. You will be free to take out your percentage immediately after the money Hits your country.

The partnership will be on 80/20 percentage basis. You have 20 percent of the proceeds from the business recommended by you, while 80 percent will be for me and it will be a long term partnership. You will be in charge of the running of the business as the investment is going to be a long term. Please I need your urgent indication if interested so that I can start arrangements to secure all the approval documents from Department of Transport & Aviation / Ministry of Finance. Kindly update me with the type of business you will prefer we go into since my objective is to invest the money in a foreign country.

The transaction is legitimate and the money will be transferred successful via online facilities whereby we can be able to transfer it bit by bit from the online account we are going to open with the bank concerned with the transfer to any bank account you are going to provide. The transfer will be affected within a period not longer than two weeks as soon as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable response indicating your interest in this regard. I plead with you on one Issue, whether you are interested or not, I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks either to me or yourself. Please, give me your response immediately. Please contact me with this my private Emails: dr.jonathanmoore@live.com


Sincerely,

Dr. Jonathan Moore
1 Atwell Place, Thames Ditton Surrey, KT7 0NE UK

Anti-fraud resources: