419 scam: Jona Edda <ventas@frolmx.com> From =?UNKNOWN?Q?J=92s?= Gold investment Inc.

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"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.

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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: Jona Edda <ventas@frolmx.com>
Reply-To: jonclottey521@yahoo.de
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2016 06:32:25 -0800
Subject: From =?UNKNOWN?Q?J=92s?= Gold investment Inc.

I am Jona Edda; I am a wealth manager from Three J=92s Gold investmen=
t Inc. I am contacting you because I believe that we can form a very =
lucrative business partnership. One of our clients is interested in i=
nvesting in your country.

The total amount of funds available for investments is One Hundred M=
illion US Dollars. As I am contacting you now, I have also contacted =
another 9 different companies with regards to this proposal and will =
eventually be dealing with the most suitable and capable individual t=
o handle this type of transaction. Due to my client=92s political pos=
ition, he wants this to be carried out carefully and very discretely.=
This means all the information we transmit in the course of this tra=
nsaction must be kept strictly confidential.
In order to fully evaluate your capability to handle this transaction=
, I will proceed to ask you the following questions.
1. Are you familiar with handling large volume of funds before in the=
past? This does not necessarily have to be as much as the amount des=
cribed above
2. Do you have a bank account that can accommodate these funds withou=
t raising any eyebrow?

3. Do you have any project (s) that requires funding? This may be an =
existing project or a future project. If you do, please give a short =
summary of the projects. We will be asking for a more detailed execut=
ive summary if we eventually decide to work with you. This decision w=
ill be based on your answers. Please do not be offended by these ques=
tions as we are not trying to undermine you in any way. Due to the am=
ount of funds involved, we just need to know if you are going to be a=
ble to handle this transaction.

If you are interested, please reply to this email. You should indicat=
e your full name and contact telephone number so that I can get back =
to you with more details. This message is for the ATTN of the CEO of =
this company only. I hope to hear back from you and looking forward t=
o a successful, positive and mutually beneficial relationship with yo=
u.
Please reply on my private email: =20

Regards,
Mr.Jona Edda

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