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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: "Mohd Ibrahim" <agent_ahmedibrahim00@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohd_ahmedibrahhiim@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 04:41:49 +0800
Subject: Hi greetings to you.

Dear Sir \ Madam,
My name is Mohd ahmed Ibrahim, my uncle late MR.Shuaib Ibrahim was the rebel leader that fought the government troop for over 21 years that stand as one of the longest civil war in history.Prior to this assassination by the government troop on February 27th 2002,he kept a huge amount of money in my Father's custody but soon after his death.The government arrested my father and members of of my family to question the source of our family wealth and began seizing our properties and money.
Due to the situation I fled to Malaysia for my life and I am making
this contact on not minding the consequences,but hoping that you
would understand our predicament hence the need for your urgent
assistance and co-operation .My aim of contacting you is to crave
your indulgence to assist us in securing and investing some funds
wisely,because if i am left alone ,I can not utilize the sum which amounts $12million.As an asylum seeker I am not allowed to operate a
bank account.
The money was moved to into Malaysia through a Diplomatic Baggage,we were able to deposit the money in a security vault.However,the
security company does not have any knowledge of the content of the
deposit,because it was machine packed in trunk boxes said to contain
sensitive photographic materials.
This transaction is meant to be ,
confidential and top secret because is only my step brother and my
father personal bodyguard who are aware of this business. As a
matter of fact,we have reached a compromise. 20% of this sum will be
for you while 10% be used for any expenses that might occur during
this transaction by both parties, then the rest 70% will be invested
in a lucrative business in your country.All I need from you is an
assurance that you can handle the amount involved comfortably and
that I can also trust you with this very arrangement.
I assured you that there is no risk in volved since I have taken
care of every loopholes,I want you to immediately inform me of your
willingness in assisting and co-operating with us,so as to make
arrangement for a meeting and discuss at lenght on how to
transfer/invest this funds.Also furnish me with your address,Tel/Fax
Numbers(Private) for personal contact with you.
Finally, I am trusting on your full understanding on this, hoping
that there will be absolute confidentiality awaiting with your interest response and
hoping to develop good business relationship with you. this is my private e-mail address : ( mohd_ahmedibrahhiim@yahoo.com )
Yours Sincerely
Mohd Ibrahim
FROM Sudan.



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