|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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: "PURE GOLD FOR SALES" <georgeagbesigoldmines@gmail.com>
Reply-To: goldminess_company@salesperson.net
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:42:43 -0000
Subject: GOLD BARS AND DUST
Greetings,
I am writing you in capacity and with the power vested In me by our royal
family, for your information i came Across your contact through the
Internet search. My Family has is a very big Gold mining land, which is
the family source of income. Meanwhile the families operations on the
mining land is going down due to the broken down of our mining equipment.
The family has so far accumulated a quantity of 155 kgs of alluvial GOLD
dust and Gold bar, which was kept for quite a long time. due to the
broken down equipment ,the family has held a meeting and had concluded
that this 155kgs gold be sends out side Ghana for sale in order to have
access to capital injection into the project and Also to acquire some
additional machines to boost our Production.
With these reason i decide to contact you or your company for partnership
so that you can come and help send out this Quantity for sales or to make
an arrangement for the shipment. The family is ready to enter into
negotiations with you as to what price that will be given to you if you
are able to assist the family in these Respects. may you gives us your
intentions as to the above proposal. you can contact me on my email stated
below. We are ready to make sales of this 155 Kgs out as soon as we get a
reliable buyer.
Thank you very much for having time to read my proposal as awaiting your
response to my proposal and kindly contact me on my email
(goldminess_company@salesperson.net) or (skype goldminer35)
Regards
Andrew Nagbe
|
Anti-fraud resources:
