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: Aisha Al-Gaddafi <soffice112@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aisha.gad@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:41:19 -0500
Subject: REPLY SOON




Greetings in the name of Allah,

I want to indulge your humble person to read through this letter =20
written by me.

I am Aisha Gaddafi (Al-Qahsi), the Daughter of late Col. Muammar =20
Gaddafi former
Libya Leader who died on October 20, 2011. I have the believe and =20
understanding
that my late Father=92s death was masterminded by international community=92=
s base
on the role my late Father has shown to the western world over his =20
leadership in
our country Libya . They have taken all that I suffered and saved for =20
since his
death including some of my treasure, houses and=A0 bank accounts closed =20
by the new
Government.

I want to escape to One of the Caribbean countries to fight for the =20
cause of my
Father=92s death through one of the=A0 world known lawyer , but again they =
=20
conspired
and Seized my international passport and other traveling documents to furthe=
r
frustrate me. Two weeks ago, I received Key Text Code (KTC) from=A0 one =20
SECURITIES
COMPANY, that my deposited U.S $65.7 Million (Sixty Five Million seven Hundr=
ed
Thousand United State Dollars)

It has therefore, become very necessary and urgent to contact some one, a
foreigner like you to help me receive/secure these funds overseas and to hel=
p
invest it on my behalf as well, while I find a way of getting out to meet wi=
th
you in your country.

These funds are kept on a CODE with the Securities Company to avoid detectio=
n,
seizure or diversion. I have had several telephone discussions with the
Assistant Director of the Securities Company, Mr. Wilfred Brient who =20
has express
willingness to help me on meeting the company=92s demand. This is why I have
contacted you to help save my situation, receive these funds on my behalf. B=
ut
you will need to give me sufficient assurance that if you help me, you =20
will not
divert or abscond with the funds. I have resolved to give you 20% of the tot=
al
sum. This is all I have got to live on. Please, I have reposed my =20
confidence in
you and hope you will not disappoint me.

I will forward you the contact of Mr. Wilfred Brient for you to =20
contact him and
ask him the possibility of receiving this fund on my behalf as the sole
beneficiary of the fund. I look forward to your urgent response.

Best Personal Regards.

Aisha Al-Gaddafi (Al-Qahsi).
aisha.gad@hotmail.com

----------------------------------------------------------------
Mensaje enviado utilizando el Webmail de la empresa.


Anti-fraud resources: