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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: Gamaladdeen Ayad Jomah Ramadan <hr@mail.yamoffice.yam.com>
Reply-To: <financialissues@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:45:49 +0100
Subject: Re:Very Urgent Business Proposal.

Hello My Good Friend,

I am Mr. Gamaladdeen Ayad Jomah Ramadan. I work with the National Commercial Bank Libya. I am the account officer to the 29 year old Arab Saif Gaddafi, the late second youngest son of Libyan leader Muammar Al-Qaddafi who died in a NATO air strike in Libya on Saturday May 1, 2011.

My late client has a numerous accounts with our bank that accommodate a total of US$1.1 Billion dollars that was later frozen after his death. I'm now contacting base on the discovering i made going through personal file that contains a total sum of US$17 Million (Seventeen Million United States Dollars) stack with a holding firm in Europe. As a matter of fact, I need your assistance as foreigner to access these funds abroad for our mutual future investment purposes.

Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management will welcome any foreigner who has the correct information to this deposit which I will give you immediately we have agreed on the Percentage of the total sum of US$17 Million. There is no risk to this transaction.

Sharing will be 35% for you as your sole responsibility negotiating these funds release from the holding firm. While, remaining 65% for me will be meaning fully invested either in your existing business or any venture you deem profitable. As soon as I hear from you I begin personal arrangements to facilitate the release/transfer of these funds to you in a way that will be quicker and safer for us with the aide of an attorney I have contacted for help.

Contact me urgently for more details actualizing this sensitive proposal via my email ID: financialissues@w.cn for security reason.

Warm regards,

Mr. Gamaladdeen Ayad Jomah Ramadan.

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