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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:38:47 +1000
Subject: Re:From Dr. Ali Omar Majeed Al-Ezzi,

Re:From Dr. Ali Omar Majeed Al-Ezzi,

My names are Dr. Ali Omar Majeed Al-Ezzi, an Iraqi national and personal adviser to the chairman of the Board executive director of the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), in Tripoli-Libya. My boss “Benyssa Ahmd Hodanah” has advised that I should contact you on a multi-million business-deal transaction that will be mutually beneficial to all parties involved. I apologize for your private intrusion and I decided to contact you through email due to the urgency involved in this business.

These involve the transfer of a large sum of money in two containers from here in Libya. The containers are not stolen money and there are no dangers involved. The source of these funds is from a secret bank accounts of Muammar Gaddafi`s youngest son (Late. Saif al-Arab Gaddafi) that was killed by NATO coalition air strike on Sunday 1st May 2011. This secret account presently dormant an amount of $72.9 Million United State Dollars, deposited in two containers as family treasury in the bank security vault.

We need you as a dedicated God fearing business partner to receive these two containers worth of US$72.9 million on our behalf. It is crude oil money that is clean, clear of criminal origin and of no lien to other illicit transactions. We have made arrangement with a Diplomat that will move the containers out of Libya as a consignment treasures to their offshore office in Europe and we can as well use bank transfer method but it all depends on the option you think is safe for both of us. The most important thing is; "TRUST" once the containers gets to your hand. Everything concerning this transaction shall be LEGALLY done without any hitch because of my Boss high profile as the chairman of the Board executive director. We must keep a low profile at all times to enable you receive the containers freely as soon as possible. More details regarding this transaction will be made available to you as soon as your interest is shown.

Note that I got your reference in my search for someone who suits our proposed business relationship in your country citizen registration online, believing that you can never let us down now and when you receive the containers. If you are interested to work with us, contact me through my private email; (omarmajeedalezzi@ymail.com<mailto:omarmajeedalezzi@ymail.com>) for further details and plans with your information and identity passport.

Your urgent response will be appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Ali Omar Majeed Al-Ezzi

PLEASE;- SEND YOUR REPLY STRICTLY TO :- (omarmajeedalezzi@ymail.com<mailto:omarmajeedalezzi@ymail.com>
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