419 scam: "Arif Al Trading Services and General Contracting/Investment"<investment@biz.com> Investment plan

joewein.net

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Arif Al Trading Services and General Contracting/Investment" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chasecompanychasecompany@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:57:28 +0200
Subject: Investment plan

I want to investigate the possibility and preferential Conditions/gains of investing some of my available funds into your company/projects as a foreign partner. as loan/investment

I will be interested to invest and partner in a business in line with my company's mission statement for expansion in virtually all profitable business with assurance that the security of my funds Depending on your business plan, proposals and professionalism I can invest as much as any required funds for a start.

We are seeking for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for investment purposes. We will review your business plan, proposals and professionalism.Our company seeks to become the most innovative group worldwide, by proactively engaging in the formation of new emerging growth market development projects.

I am also open to Joint Venture with good business ideas that can generate at least 3.5% ROI per annum over maximum of 5 years duration.

Private Personal investment adviser to the investor

Arif Al Trading Services and General Contracting/Investment

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam