419 scam: Arnold Van Deon <vandeonexpltd@gmail.com> Urgent

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "offshore 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 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.
- +27731475875 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- arnoldvandeon@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Arnold Van Deon <vandeonexpltd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:11:52 +0200
Subject: Urgent

Dear

May I have a minute of your time please?

Thanks

I don't know is you can.

My Name is Arnold Van Deon, a South African, CEO Van Deon Gold and
Exploration LTD Johannesburg, I am into Gold mining business, at the moment
I have a situation at hand with some government agencies threatening to
freeze my Bank accounts and retrieve my company operation license for
exporting £30,000.000.00 worth of Gold bars without Government approval
sold in UK market, this is the problem am facing now all my accounts in the
country has been frozen while the case is valid in the court and if I lost
the case all my assets and my company assets will be seized by the
Government, right now I need a reliable person that I can trust, I have an
offshore account, I need to move the money out of my offshore account as
soon as possible to any Country with another name, before my offshore
accounts can be traced, I need a reliable person that I can trust to
transfer all these funds into his or her account for safe keeping until
this problem is over, I am willing to give the person 30% of the total sum
amount of £30,000.000.00

Please kindly reply as soon as possible if you are willing to help me in
this situation.

Please for security reason kindly treat this message as top secret and keep
out of public view.

Thanks and regards

Arnold Van Deon

Van Deon Gold & exploration Ltd

Please do not hesitate to call me on this number if you are having problem
on replying by email or phone me after sending me an email.

E-mail arnoldvandeon@yahoo.com

Telephone +27731475875

South Africa.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam