|
|
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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international court of justice" (not involved with lotteries)
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i want to solicit your attention" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- arramissah@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Kenneth Morris <grrakpan5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: arramissah@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:42:52 +0100
Subject: Can I trust you?
Hello,
Good day how are you doing today? I got your Email address through an
exhaustive search in the internet I am sorry to encroach into your
privacy in this manner I find it pleasurable to offer you my
partnership in business I only pray at this time that your email is
still valid. I want to solicit your attention to receive money on my
behalf I am Kenneth Morris an officer in the USA Army and also Leader
of fraud investigation patrol (FIP) presently serving in the Military
With the 82nd Air Born
Division fraud investigation patrol in African I am on the move to
Nigeria from Ghana as the last Batch just left and i really need your
help in assisting me with the safe keeping of two military trunk
boxes which has just arrived the United Kingdom from the Ghana,I
hope you can be trusted? We have agreed to help African
recover all stolen funds and fight for corruption before we Proceed
let me take a little time to explain the origin of these funds And why
I am sending them to you During our Investigation campaign in Ghana
my team was responsible for a lot of raids While on raid we discovered
the sum of $140 Million dollars packed into trunk
boxes and hidden
As a soldier my first instinct was to report this to my commanding
officer but on a second thought I have sacrificed years of my life to
serving and protecting my great country most of us have lost friends
and loved ones While on duty I have been married twice of which none
ever lasted for up to 3yrs due to the nature of my job My 16yr old son
turned to drugs as he lacked parental guidance and eventually died of
overdose I can't begin to mention all my sacrifices and losses knowing
that the glory of America is built on our pains & blood This a fortune
for both of us hence the funds those we captured have been executed
by the International court of justice,As the leader of my unit I
reported $100 million dollars out of the funds discovered and used my
position to ship the remaining (US$40 million dollars)
to you for safe keeping until after my assignment and return next year
as we have been deployed to Ghana to help out in the ongoing Scam
investigations
I believe I can trust you whether as a citizen of America or not I
have decided to send this boxes to you via a secured delivery company
The most important that you take this deal very seriously I may have
crossed the line by shipping the boxes to you without your consent but
the deal is already done this happened due to the rush down here as
we have been deployed to Nigeria to assist on the ongoing
investigations against Scam with that i had to rush things up and i
was unable to let you know before now please accept my apologies about
that
The boxes were sent as Swift Military consignment/Courier especially
with immunity to deliver to your physical mailing address It was done
this way so as to avoid hackers on line from tracking the boxes and
sending them to the wrong person I must assure you that you will
benefit very well and you will never regret assisting me but on the
other hand you MUST be very careful never to expose this deal I have
already made solid plans to ensure that this deal is 100% untraceable
Your efforts and assistance will be rewarded with 40% of the money if
you are able to handle this deal and keep the boxes safe until I
return to the U.S.A i have already taken care of all shipping expenses
including insurance and delivery cost All you need to do is to contact
the delivery man so that he can give you the details of the status of
the boxes,NOTICE the delivery agent is not away that the boxes
contained with money please do not let him know to avoid him run away
with the boxes i don’t need phone call only email:
arramissah@gmail.com reason my boys workers always around me
Below information's is needed for the the delivery of the boxes
(1)Name.................
(2)Address..............
(3)Age...................
(4)Occupation............
(5)sex..................
(6)Phone numbers.........
Best Regards
Kenneth Morris
U.S.A Army
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Email: arramissah@gmail.com
|
Anti-fraud resources:
