419 scam: Jonas Traore <jonas.traore@voila.fr> Partnership proposal

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:
- "30% for you " (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)
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Jonas Traore <jonas.traore@voila.fr>
Reply-To: jonastraore@voila.fr
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Partnership proposal

Hello Dear,

My name is Mr. Jonas Traore, the Overseas Fund Officer of an Investment Bank here in Burkina Faso.My client, General Daoud Rajha who died recently during the Syria insurgency, made a fixed deposit of Fifteen Million, Five hundred thousand Dollars in my branch before his death.

>From investigations, he did not declare any next of kin and that is why, I need you as a foreigner to act as the next of kin to get this fund for us because the funds will revert to the C.B.B Treasury if nobody comes forward for the claim. My anticipated percentages for sharing shall be fair enough, 60% for me and 30% for you while the remaining 10% will be for the reimbursement of expenses made before the fund transfer as certain legal certificates will be required from you by the Bank.

Please specify by replying to state if you are interested and do also provide a secure email address as this deal is highly confidential.

Awaiting your response

Jonas Traore

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam