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: SafiaFarkash Al-Baraasi <salbaraasi74@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:37:16 +0430
Subject: Good Day,


Good Day,

My name is Safia Farkash Al-Baraasi, I am the second wife of the late
Libyan Leader Col. Maummar Gaddafi. We met in 1971 when late Col. Gaddafi
was admitted to the hospital where I was working as a nurse. We got married
later that year and are blessed with seven children.

I most sincerely apologize for this intrusion to your privacy, I am making
this contact with you in the best interest of helping each other,
especially due to my family’s present predicament and our urgent need for
an individual such as yourself that can be trusted to assist us claim some
of our financial assets/cash deposit worth over seventy two million United
States dollars(U.S$72,000,000) with some prime banks and security companies
in Africa, Europe and United Kingdom that are yet to be discovered as
belonging to my family.

Based on the political uprising in Libya of which my husband is the
primary target given his position as head of the Libyan government and
despite his eventual killing by the rebel forces, my children, I and other
members of my family are still seriously being persecuted, while at the
same time our financial assets are traced and frozen as soon as it is
discovered by different governments all over the world in accordance with
United Nations imposed sanctions.

You can find out some of my family story on the internet or on this
website:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/144251/libyas-first-lady-owns-airline.html

The funds under discussion are deposited in my name as the rightful
owner/beneficiary; as such I am legally entitled to appoint/assign a
trustee to claim the said fund on my behalf in the event that I cannot
personally do so. Should you decided to assist us in this regard, and
after successfully transferring the total fund to your bank account, 30% of
the fund will go to you as your own share, while 70% will be transferred by
you to my nominated bank account immediately the fund is credited into your
account (bank).

Upon receipt of your response to this email, I shall give you the contact
information of my attorney and fund manager in the bank where the fund is
currently deposited, so that the necessary arrangement for the fund
transfer to your bank account can begin immediately.

E-mail:salbaraasi74@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,

Safia Farkash Al-Baraasi

Anti-fraud resources: