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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: Aleena Gaddafi <authomated@inbox.ru>
Reply-To: aleena.mua038@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:20:10 +0100
Subject: Ms. Aleena

My Dear Is me Aleena Gaddafi the daughter of the former Libyan leader, Late Col. Muammar Gaddafi However, I am sending you this email in respect of my father’s funds that was deposited in my name in a reputable financial institute in Turkey and my father thought the said funds has been seized before he died. Now the Government is after us and trying to liquidate all my late fathers’ funds. I would need your assistance to move the funds out of Turkey to your country based on the fact that, all our activities are presently monitored and we cannot make any trip out of Algeria or get involved in any monetary issue or business transaction, hence I seek your assistance.

This is why I am trying to move the funds as soon as possible because presently, I am in the Algerian Refugee camp under the Algerian Government Protection Act, I can’t make it happen, and that was why I contacted you. I have been here in this camp since August 2011 and during the time I came in here, I was pregnant and right now have a beautiful baby boy. Having studied a bit of your profile as displayed by the web detective I came to the conclusion that you will be a very trustworthy and reliable partner since you have had no criminal records in the past or present, hence I contacted you because I know you are capable to handle this project and assist me to receive these funds. At this point I can’t communicate with you on phone, but only by email as we have restricted access. I will also want you to know that I have done all that are necessary for you to receive these funds without any problem. But please I want you to know that I am working with you with full trust and honesty.

The total fund is $80 Million and you shall have 30% of the total amount for assisting me in making this transfer a success. I also want you to know that there is no illegal implication of any kind or any unforeseen one and it is 100% risk free and it is compulsory you keep every detail in this message confidential and secretive between us. I would prefer the first transfer of $10M to your account before subsequent transfer would be done. Please, kindly get back to me as soon as possible, I would want you to keep this confidential. Hope to receive your response soon!

Kind regards.
Aleena Gaddafi

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