419 scam: Molope Jonas <malo-52jon@msn.com> Mr. Jonas Molope.

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +27744344043 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Molope Jonas <malo-52jon@msn.com>
Reply-To: <malojonas@live.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:47:04 +0000
Subject: Mr. Jonas Molope.

From: Jonas Molope
Winchester 201 Southgate
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tel: +27 74 4344 043
Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Jonas Molope, I am an auditor and financial consultant, and I am communicating you on venture that will be of immense benefit to both of us. I am aware of the surprise this massage will cause you due to the fact we have not met or known ourselves before, be assured that my contact to you is with good intention believing that you will reciprocate. I got your contact details through the South African Information Exchange during my search for a reliable individual/firm that will join hands with me to actualize this venture.

I will not be able to give much detail about this matter for now, but full details will be given once I know your intention. I hope you will understand my intention through this brief introduction. During one of our periodic audit in one of the prime bank in South Africa, I discovered a dormant account that was opened in the year 1990 and since 1999 no transaction has been carried out on this account, this account have holding balance of US$27, 483,018.00 further personal investigation proved that the owner of this account died in plane crash along with his wife and children on the 16th February 1999 while traveling on holiday. My efforts to communicate any other of the relative proved abortive, I then resulted in moving the holding amount out of this bank since they have no knowledge of what happed to the account holder. This amount will be sent to government treasury if this information is revealed to the management of this bank, this is why I am soliciting for a capable person that can stand as the next of kin to the account owner. Every information required for the smooth execution of this venture is available with me; hence I have also made some underground work for the process.

I therefore wish to know if you can be able to handle this with me, however, I must not fail to inform you that this is highly classified information and must be kept confidential even if you are unable to handle it with me. This is why I am withholding some vital information pending when we get acquainted. We shall discuss ratio and modalities once you make you decision known to me.

Anticipating your response.

Best regards,
Mr. Jonas Molope.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam