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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mahasin G" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <idriselmohammed@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:54:46 +0400
Subject: Private and Confidential

Assalamulikkum.

My name is Mahasin Gadhafi, i am one of his wife bout people don't really know much about me probably because our senior wife Safia refuse Muammar bring me into the family home, since ever i married him is hell but still no way out from the marriage not till his dead.

The people of Libya seek for a better Libya by protesting against Col Muammar Gaddafi which i am in full support of the protest but can't declare my support to avoid Muammar loyalist not to kill me because few of them knows me. Since after his death, I have being looking for means to contact someone in America to help me as this is the best opportunity for me to live a better and free life outside Libya with my children.

I succeeded in moving out $95.5 Million from my husband's underground safe which he accumulated from crude oil proceed and the fund was move to a bank fiduciary vault escrow in Europe, this is highly confidential details ; due to UN, USA, EUROPEAN COMMITTEE have put sanction on Muammar Gaddafi and his family it is not wise for me to use my name as the depositor of the fund, so I decided to look for someone else not related to me or loyal to Muammar Gaddafi as the depositor of the fund, that is why I am soliciting for your partnership to complete this transaction.

I am willing to give you 30% of the sum for securing the fund. I will meet you where ever you want me to meet you as soon as you receive the fund. I'll start a new happy life. This transaction is 100% safe on your side. I need HELP so that I can have a new happy live again. Please contact me on any of this private email: (mrsmahasini@gmail.com OR idriselmohammed@yahoo.co.jp).

Sincerely
Mrs. Mahasin Gadhafi

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