419 scam: "George F. Famo" <test@aviales03.ru> Investment Introduction.

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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- adouzoh@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "George F. Famo" <test@aviales03.ru>
Reply-To: adouzoh@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:56:02 -0800
Subject: Investment Introduction.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a Financial Counselor/Consultant & Middleman to Local Miners of Gold & Diamond here in Ghana, I am seeking for reliable and responsible investors in gold and diamond all over the world prior skills, experience and advance/upfront payment is not required, interested investor/s should not hesitate to contact me for full information about the project, lots of mining sites and virgin lands of gold to be mined locally; both surface & deep mining, some kilograms of gold are also available for sale.

Thanks, and be blessed!
Best regards,
Mr. George F. Famo,
Email: adouzoh@gmail.com
Tel/WhatsApp: +233 535 457 964.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam