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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: "Omar Soltani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <omarsoltani@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:56:30 -0500
Subject: Urgent

My name is Omar Abdul Soltani from Tehran in Iran. On June 20th 2009, the government security agent killed my sister Neda at Nilofar Square during a peaceful protest. She was only 26 years old and had no intention of harming anybody by excising her right to protest against election rigging and government insensitivity to the will of the people of Iran.

The brutal government of Ahmadinejad charged our family $25,000USD to retrieve the body of my sister and her burial rites was disrupted by overzealous police and government forces. It was a big loss for my family and my parents are yet to recover from the devastation.

Because of the international outcry and sympathy of the people of Iran, Ahmadinejad and his agent have been harassing our family. My father was arrested several times; the security agents are watching my mother and my family business have been crippled. The government is doing everything possible to stop my father from voicing out his grievances.

Due to the persecution, we have been able to move our family's liquid asset (over $20 million USD) to Spain from where we want to move it to a stable and safe economy. Ahmadinejad is a friend of the socialist government in spain and that is why we want to move the money out as soon as possible before they can get the filthy hands on it. My father worked so hard all his life and needs this money for his retirement and paying off our tuition. Therefore, we are looking a trustworthy, honest and capable person to invest and manage the fund in real estate or other lucrative ventures. If you think you fit what we need, reply me as soon as possible for more details.

Please, treat this mail with absolute confidentiality because my family will be killed if the government of Ahmadinejad finds out. The government is doing everything possible to stop my father from voicing out his grievances.



Regards,

Omar - omarsoltani@gmail.com

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