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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: "Dr. Aisha Gaddafi" <ashleelolkus33@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 04:12:28 +0430
Subject: Aisha Gaddafi.

Peace be unto you,


I know you would be surprised to read from someone relatively unknown to
you. My name is Aisha Muammar Al Minyar-Gaddafi the former Libyan Goodwill
Ambassador of the U.N. and the daughter of late Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar
al-Gaddafi the former president of Libya. I am currently residing in Muscat
the capital of Oman, under political asylum along with my remaining three
kids. My husband along with one of my daughters were killed back in Libya.
Right now my greatest concern is my safety along with my remaining kids,
and that safety can not be guaranteed with out me laying hands on some of
the remaining funds that are deposited in accounts that have not been
frozen by the international community, 95% of our investments and bank
accounts in several countries have already been frozen.

I am writing this mail with tears and sorrow from my heart asking for you
to help me at this time, I need a trustworthy person who will understand my
present condition and the need for me to lay my hands on some of my money
that has not been seized. As a woman and mother I need to be able to take
care of my self and my kids, I have passed through so much since the death
of my father and brothers, and all our foreign and local accounts outside
Africa have been blocked by the international community. I am aware that
they are now turning their search light to Africa to trace and identify any
accounts that may be linked back to my family. Which brings me to the
reason of why I am seeking your assistance. I have a sizable amount of
money deposited in an account in a bank in Ghana that I would wish to
transfer to your own account. This will be made possible through the
assistance of the bank manager who I have met personally in the past and
have also communicated my wish to have the funds deposited in the account
transferred to my nominated beneficiary's account.

If you are interested in assisting me, I ask that you do not disclose this
transaction to anybody because I am afraid that If it is discovered that we
still have some accounts in Africa, they will freeze them as they have
frozen others, so keep this transaction to yourself until we finalize it
and have the funds transferred into your account. Upon the transfer of the
funds into your account, I will retain the ownership of 60% of the funds
while you can keep 30% of the funds to your self, and 10% will be for any
expenses incurred during the process of transferring the fund into your
nominated account. I will instruct you on what to do with my own share of
the funds when it has been transferred into your bank account, I will
likely be using it for investment purposes in your company. Send me an
email indicating your interest and I will furnish with more details.



Regards
Dr. Aisha Gaddafi.

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