419 scam: "Goldinx Investment Co"<info102@tim.it> Funding Programme.

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Goldinx Investment Co" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <companygroup171@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:52:32 +0400
Subject: Funding Programme.

Hello Dear,

I am Sushil Kumar I work with a Real Estate Company in London, I have a business client from Brunei who is a politician in Brunei, and he really wanted to invest his money into any profitable investment.

I do advise him to invest in London but he rejected due to British high tax, He told me to look for trusted partner who live in United Arab Emirates or elsewhere that is where he wanted to invest his money.

If you know you can handle this project, kindly send me your full details below,

• Your Full Name:……………………
• Address:………………………………..
• Age:………………………………………..
• Occupation:……………………………..
• Attachment copy of your picture:….
• Direct telephone number:………………
• Country of Origin:…………………………….

Explain to me the kind of business you are dealing with at the moment.

Once I get this information from you, I will forward it to Mr. Fayad Bolkiah (Sultanete of Brunei) and discus more with him, if he’s interested in your profile, he will now send his representative to come over to uae to meet with you for further discussing regarding the investment.

Looking forward to hear from you and also please keep this business confidential because my client is well known politician in his country.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Sushi Kumar

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam