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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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Fraud email example:

From: haziz_ahmed@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 03:36:07 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATTENTION?=

Private Email : haziz_ahmed@myway.com


Attn: Sir,

With due respect, trust and humanity, I write this letter to you seeking
your help and assistance, though Its difficult since we have not met before,
But I hereby assure you that this is real and therefore demands your immediate
response.

My name is Haziz Ahmed Quarrudin (Accountant in military), I was the personal
assistance to Dr. Hikmati Al- Hazzawi, the Iraq Minister of finance (If
you have been current with the event in Iraq, you will agree with me that
the minister of finance Dr. Hikmati Al- Hazzawi, was arrested by US Coalition
Forces on 19th April 2003) I was the personal assistance to Dr. Hikmati
Al- Hazzawi Iraqi minister of finance for more that 15 Years now. Together
we supervised and conclude GENERAL SADAM HUSSEIN instructions for transfer
in excess of US$36B (Thirty Six Billion United States Dollars) to European
banks, Swiss Banks and Asia Banks. The transfer of the above sum was concluded
without any problems and the documents of the said transferred handed over
to GENERAL SADAM HUSSEIN. For years we have lived in fear acting upon the
instruction of this money transfer by the tyrant leader GENERAL SADAM HUSSEIN.

Before the invasion of US coalition forces to Iraq as a result of GENERAL
SADAM HUSSEIN refusal to destroy the weapon of mass destruction (WMD), I
was assigned a task of transferring US$82.6M (Eighty Two Million United
States Dollars) to a Switzerland based bank from where it will be routed
to foreign private account of GENERAL SADAM HUSSEIN late son in Asia. Normally
before a transfer is made. It is not done directly to the intended account.
It usually pass through our corresponding bank in Switzerland where it is
deposited in a sundry account for two days or three before and instruction
is issued for the money to be transferred to it's final destination. I have
the documentation of the funds presently deposited in a Security Company
in France since the demise of his son awaiting my final instruction for
the money to be moved to any account of my choice any where in the world.


In view of the above, I urgently request your assistance to stand as the
intended recipient of this fund as I will issue an instruction to the Security
Company for the funds to be released to you as dept payment from Iraqi Government.
I am prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum for your assistance. Immediately
I confirm your readiness to assist me conclude this transaction, I will
forward to you the relevant documents that will enable the Security Company
to release the funds to you. The contact information of the bank will be
equally given to you. Please remember to enclose your contact Tel/Fax No
while responding back to me so as to enable me fax across to you the relevant
document from where I am in hiding in United Arab Emirate (UAE).
I await your urgent response, through my more Private Email : haziz_ahmed@myway.com

May Allah guide and protect you

Thanks,

Mr. Haziz Ahmed Quarrudin (Accountant)












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