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: "Mohammed Al-Magarif" <julie@w5a43e9kq.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <mohammedalMagarif@skymail.mn>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:44:39 -0700
Subject: Good Day; Read (A Classified Information)

 
 
From the Desk of Mohammed Al-Magarif
Head and officer in charge of
Moammar Gadhafi's personal guard
Tripoli - Libya.
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 
 
I am Mohammed Al-Magarif, the head of Moammar Gadhafi's personal guard and officer in charge of procurement of arms and ammunition. I know that my letter will come as a surprise to you being that I am still a stranger but I can assure you that it means no harm but only to solicit for your assistance in relocation of some funds. I got your contact from a late colleague who was gunned down few days ago by the rebel forces.
 
Before the present uprising in Libya against Moammar Gadhafi which started on the 15th of February, 2011, I was directed to procure refurbished armoured carriers through Britain, France, Russia and USA in a deal worth Hundreds of million of dollars.
 
During the process, I was able to over inflate or rather over invoiced the figure and realized the sum of Forty Five million united states dollars (US$45,000.000.00) for my benefit and the said amount is presently deposited with a private security/deposit company and the deposit documents intact in my custody. Due to my position, the funds were deposited as family treasures for security reasons.
 
You must have been aware that Moammar Gadhafi has refused to step down after almost 42years in power and this has put the west and the entire international community against him. Sequel to this development, the league of Arab nations have approved no-fly zone in Libya, the United Nations passed a resolution to effect it, in follow up, Britain, France USA and NATO are presently applying a no-fly zone in Libya. All these coupled with Moammar Gadhafi's rejection to step down has trapped us in Tripoli.
 
However, I have concluded in concrete terms with the security/deposit company to release the above mentioned funds to whomever I presented as my representative. I want the funds to be relocated with your assistance to any part of the world where the money will be well secured for immediate investment and to enable me organize my immediate family since I do not know what my fate will be like when the chips are down, most especially when Moammar Gadhafi is out of power or unforeseen circumstances like my death or otherwise.
 
At this juncture, I know that you may have been wondering how I chose and trusted you amongst all people to be part of this transaction, please permit me to state here, that the reason is because I can not be able to relocate this money else where without involving an independent foreign partner.
 
Like I mentioned to you earlier, the deposit documents bears my name as the depositor and beneficiary while the name of my immediate family is the next of kin hence the reason why I needed a foreign person like you to assist in this regards so as not to raise any suspicion whatsoever within the rest members of Moammar Gadhafi's regime whose watchful eyes are on my family in case of any disloyalty from me.
 
I sincerely believe I can trust you completely concerning this transaction with sincerity, honesty and utmost confidentiality since my future hinges on the successful outcome of this transaction.
 
Be informed, that the subject matter is presently in physical cash, and was declared on a face value as precious metals and personal effect. This idea was burn out of the need not to let the management of the security company to know the content of the consignment for security reasons.
 
To this end, if you are willing to assist me to relocate the funds, I will be very glad to brief you in details on the modalities required to move the funds to safety. Your involvement and assistance in this project attracts 10% of the total sum.
 
Reply me as follows: davisforreal@gmail.com or bmregionaloffice4@gmail.com
 
I will appreciate your earliest response.
 
Truly yours,
 
Mohammed Al-Magarif
Tripoli - Libya
 
 
 

Anti-fraud resources: