joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mahmood Alwady-romahi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.alwadyromahi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 10:26:53 +1200
Subject: 10% charity disbursement-

Hello to you,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Mahmood Alwady-romahi, a merchant in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer, which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defied all forms of treatments and therapy, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not lived my life particularly well, as I never really cared for anyone - not even myself -but my business. I want Allah to be merciful to me and accept my soul, and so I have decided to give my life-long accumulated wealth to charity organizations in order that it would give succor and comfort to the less privileged in our societies, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I did on earth.

The last of my money which no one knows of is a huge cash deposit of twenty four million dollars that I have with a Security Company in Europe for safe keeping. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and disburse it to some charitable organizations and to the less privileged. Please send me a mail to indicate if you will assist me in this disbursement. I have set aside 10% for you for your time and patience. While I wait to hear from you, may Allah be with you and your entire family.Please reply me via this mail address: m_alwadyromahi@yahoo.com
Allah blessing.

Anti-fraud resources: