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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: "Chahid Daoud" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chahiddaoud@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 00:46:36 -0500
Subject: You Need To Let Me Know

Dear,
It is not my intention to introduce myself to you through this unconventional means, but my considerations were based on speed, reliability and trust. I got your email from the online data base. I personal assistant and advisor to Mrs. Ghanem, wife of Shukri Ghanem, the former Libyan prime minister and oil minister who was found dead in Vienna last year. I write you to help in assisting his wife who is in hiding get the sum of $12.2M United States dollars deposited with in a coded numbered account with a bank in Malaysia in 2010, by Shukri Ghanem who was then oil minister of LIBYA on behalf of Mrs. Ghanem. He is late now. Since his death his wife have assigned me to assist her get full and legal ownership and access to the money with the bank which can only be possible through a third party who is not known to the family or have any ties with the family because Shukri Ghanem did not enlist any of his family members as beneficiary which he did to hide the money from the government of Libya.
Mrs. Ghanem has the code numbers of the fund lodgments which was done in two installments of $8m and $4.2m.We now need someone who will travel to Malaysia as business consultant to Mr. Shukri Ghanem to meet with the bank. We have assigned a lawyer in Malaysia and he has discussed with the bank on transfer agreement of the lodged fund and the modalities of transfer of ownership has been discussed and agreed upon.
What we need you to do is to travel to Malaysia, meet the lawyer for change of ownership in your name after which the lawyer will take you to the bank for delivery of the lodged fund to you. With the change of ownership the money will be released to you and then you will in turn lodge the money for Mrs. Ghanem under her name. Mrs. Ghanem has agreed that you shall have 25% of the total $12.2M which you shall deduct before lodgments of the remaining fund to her name according to instructions that will be released to you after you have received the money. You shall also deduct the sum of $23,000.00 only to be given to the lawyer for his legal fees which you shall released to him when you are in custody of the $12.2m.
If you can assist Mrs. Ghanem let me know immediately you received this message by sending me your full names, age and marital status, residential address and phone number so I will give you further details and introduce you to the lawyer who will process the legal change of ownership. It is important I let you know that this information and transfer arrangement should be kept strictly confidential from anybody whatsoever in order to protect all parties involved.
Though i write you hoping we can work together on this. However if you are not capable please do let me know so i look for alternatives as i do not have much time on this.

Until i hear from you.
Chahid Daoud


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