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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: Gaddafi Ayesha <gaddafiayesha12@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 21:54:48 -0700
Subject: Hello My Dear Friend

Hello My Dear Friend

I am sending this e-mail with love affection together with confidence and I
ask that you grant me the same. It ''s my pleasure to be in touch with you.
In addition to our friendship, I want to share a personal agenda and secret
with you. Since after the death of my father, a lot have happened over the
properties and assets confiscated also from Britain, the US and Italy,
Since 2011 my family on their own have wasted and mus-used over a hundred
million dollars, and at this moment I am really fed up and wants to move to
sneak out of Oman and start a project / mission, so I have to recover
everything that belongs to me.

To exit Oman I need a lot of money to be in place before leaving Oman. I'll
deal with you in absolute confidence and no doubt of your ability and as
such I want you to tell me your ability to keep $ 25,750,000.000 and I
assure the honesty to take the 35% and 65% keep safely for me and hand it
to me on my arrival.

To get this money in your possession, what will be required is for me to
write a letter of authorization for you that transmission the security
company where the money is kept safely as my trustee appointed and it will
release the funds to you with granting of a take-over.

What I want from you is a confirmation that you will ensure 65% for me and
whenever I have the chance to lasciarel'Oman and arrive in your country
that I reach 65% without violating our agreement. In your e-mail
confirmation, I will require you to send your full names as in your valid
ID, a copy of valid ID, address, age and profession so that I will publish
a letter of authorization that will allow you to contact the security
company and have the money released and transferred to you.
Below is a reaffirmation of what we lost in the United States, Great
Britain and Italy.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/28/gaddafi-assets-seized-italy
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/squatters-take-over-colonel-gaddafis-sons-11m-london-mansion-6575710.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8346701/Libya-Gaddafis-billions-to-be-seized-by-Britain.html

Do not be afraid, as the security company is managing the transaction
legal..

Your confidently,
Dr. Aisha al-Gaddafi

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