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: "ABDEL YOUNIS" <mustaphamorrison62@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: abdelyounis98@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:32:12 +0200 (EET)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY




Attn: Sir



My Name is ABDEL YOUNES, i am One of COL.MUAMMAR GADDAFI`s Army Generals
and am

currently in need of a silent foreign partner whom I can trust to transfer
some

of the money he deposited in my name in a security company in Ghana,West

Africa.

I want your assistance to Transfer the Sum of ($30.000.000) Thirty Million

United States Dollar to your country for investment in the property market, i

am willing to give you 30% of the total amount for your assistance and you
will

help me invest my 70% in properties for me in your country .

All necessary documents regarding the deposit of the fund in the security

company in Ghana are fully intact with my attorney base in Ghana and i
confirm

that the transaction is legitimate and without any risk . Please, give me
your

response immediately by returning this mail through my email address.

{abdelyounis98@yahoo.com}

Yours Faithfully.

ABDEL YOUNES.

Anti-fraud resources: