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: "Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh" <mrsaminadharialialfayadh@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:19:10 +0700
Subject: INVESTMENT REQUEST, YOUR GOOD ADVICE WILL HIGHLY NEEDED

From:Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh
UNHCR, Udomthani,Thailand
Tel 00 (66)-68943653
Attention: The Managing Director,
Thank you for the attention being given to go through my message. Before I proceed, I humbly introduce myself to your goodself. My name is Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, an Iraqi refugee, My late husband was until recently, Shiite Member of Parliament and National Assembly legislator until his assassination in 2005.
When my husband and my son including two of his bodyguards was killed during the crisis, I and my last Son escaped to Iran with the help of United Nations officials from there we came to Thailand.
I am 58 years old, I'm now receiving treatment in hospital here in Udomthani Thailand because of the shock I encountered when my husband and son was killed.
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but honestly I do not intend to surprise you. I write this letter in respect of my intention to invest the sum of USD$10Million with your company which I and my Son inherited from my late husband. The fund was originally gotten from my late husband proceeds through the duration of his stay in goverment. My late husband was able to safe guard the fund with a very good diplomatic means from my Country to Thailand for safety which make us to come over here to start a new life.
I have decided to contact you because I am interested in investing this fund in your country which is investment friendly. Please kindly guide and assist me in making the right investment as you have more business / investment experience more than us.
In view of your participate, I am ready to give you a good negotiable percentage for your assistance, or better still commit it into viable Joint venture projects. Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the funds belong to me and my only survived Son. As soon as I get your consent, I will quickly move this fund to your country for investment . Please we will need your assistance and support is making sure the said fund is successfully transffered to your country without any hitch .
Please do understand that there is no risk of any kind involve in this as you will confirm, all that we require of you is your reliability and trustworthiness . This money is all we have left for me and my son. Being in exile is not easy at my age, coupled with my ill health due to the trauma from what I have been through.
I am here with my Son Rashidi.I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and other business venture will derive a huge success hereafter. However, upon your acceptance to work as my partner, you can contact me with my private telephone number or e-mail for more details and the steps we shall take to finalize on the project.
I await to hearing from you soonest.
Sincerely Yours ,
Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh



Anti-fraud resources: