419 scam: Azimi Aziz <grgfth18181@hotmail.com> Can you be trusted?

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Azimi Aziz <grgfth18181@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: azimia@live.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:40:06 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Can you be trusted?

Dear Friend,

I'm glad to be in touch with you finally, I'm an Iraqi woman, by name Azimi Aziz, a retired registered nurse here in Baghdad. I never meant to disturb your peace but in a briefly, would use my little knowledge in English to reveal a top secret to you and please kindly hear me out.

You must be aware of the situation here in Iraq, the killings and brutalities and attacks by insurgents. My husband died in a bomb attack and the secrete to you right now is on the process, he and some of his late friends secretly moved some amount of money worth of $4.5 Million United States Dollars only that was hidden in one of the Saddam Hussein's caves as they were Anti-Saddam which for 18 months now no trace and nothing said about. He confided in me before his death regarding the funds, as if he knew he was going to die.

Your kind assistance in receiving these funds will be appreciated, for the purpose of investment. 70% of the total will be set aside for a good business Investment while an offer of 30% is made available to you hope you'll appreciate that in good faith. I'm not asking much from you but rather a hand of assistance in moving the funds out of the Hungary security vaults where it's been deposited under temporal immunity coverage. I can assure you that being the only one aware of this secretes.

Iraq, is a war zone and my life here cannot be predicted as anything can happen at any time.I can not even make or receive an International calls, the only thing I can do is to access the internet only, religion does not permit me to leave here without following the due process and rules, so would seize this opportunity to have the funds invested for good rather than die and the funds left unclaimed, yet I believe, I will be out here in a short while. Note that the process would encounter no hitch as it is a risk free transaction; let me say that "TRUST" should be our major objective in this venture as you'll be in control of it all. Until my mission is completed. Can you, be trusted?

Kindly send me your quick letter of acceptance so we could get it on.

Nice to meet you.

Azimi Aziz

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam