419 scam: paul adey <adeypaul90@gmail.com> ASSISTANCE

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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- +2349037217497 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: paul adey <adeypaul90@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:05:38 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE

Dear,

I write to seek your co-operation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable me own properties and invest in the economy of your country. I
apologize if this letter does not suit your personal or business ethics, I
came to know you in my Private Search after my fasting and prayers, then I
made up

my mind to confide this confidential business suggestion to you as a
reliable and reputable person to handle this confidential transaction .My
name is Mr.Paul Adey, working in Oil and Gas Company I
made a fixed deposit of $10.8 M in JP Morgan Chase Bank USA which I would
like to use the fund to
invest in your country or any other good country because of the unstable
economy of our nation.

Please do let me know if you would like to partner with me to receive the
fund from JP Morgan Chase Bank for fruitful investment in your country, if
you will like to assist me as a partner then indicate your interest after
which we shall both discuss the modalities and the sharing percentage.
All other information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be
revealed to you in due course, if you are not interested, please also
indicate so, so that it will enable me to contact other foreign partners
who might be interested to work with me.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this letter and early
establishment of position will be appreciated. Call for your interest
+234-903-721-7497,. I am waiting for your reply.

Best regards,

Mr.paul Adey.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam