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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: "Hakima Ikhtiyar" <hakima.i@dodo.com>
Reply-To: ronklomen@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:42:00 +0400
Subject: Re: response needed, thanks!

Hello Friend,

I am Hakima Ikhtiyar, a Syrian citizen, my husband (Hisham Ikhtiyar) was assasinated in Homs city of Syria because he turned against the ruling party in support of the free syrian army, who is currently fighting to liberate the good people of Syria from the mis-rule of President Bashar AL- Assad.

Let me not take your time with the situation in Syria as my family was mostly affected. I lost my father- Sheik Abu Ibrahim Ahmed, his company in Damascus and all of the family’s asset because the forces loyal to President Bashar AL- Assad claimed that my father and husband were supporting and financing the rebels and as such, I had to escape to Aleppo with my son and we are currently stuck here under the daesh rule, I hope you understand what I mean? My husband had huge sum of money in Malaysia bank which is now frozen due to sanctions by the government which has been resolved and also the long time dormancy, but can be lifted by the bank if you can present the funds as a partner of my late husband with my assistance, then the funds will be relased to you. We can invest the funds in your country or overseas with trusted partners, because in Syria the political turmoil appears to be continuing for a longer period.

The funds can be released from the bank to your account as long as I can provide a foreign partner and present the original documents as required in Malaysia bank system. Apologies I cannot reveal the bank name at this initial stage but once I get an affirmative answer from you, then I shall proceed with further revelation. I can assure you that the transaction is a hitch-free type and a trusted deal. Please, if you read this message and you can discuss with any religious person of top rank either in the church or Mosque to stand as the partner/beneficiary, this will be much easier because we can claim it is going to be used for charity which I also intend to do with most part of the funds. I am eager to secure the funds for the sake of my son and to create a better world for the less previlege.

Please feel free to contact me for more details.

Let me stop here, hoping that you will respond promptly.

Regards,
Mrs. Hakima Ikhtiyar.

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