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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: "Kamal Gasser" <marketing@bta.kiev.ua>
Reply-To: kamalahmed15@keemail.me
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 02:07:08 -0700
Subject: Investment request

Hello,

I have got your contact in the cause of my serious search for a reliable foreign partner through a profile which convinced me of your position/Country. However, I am Kamal Gasser Ahmed my father was a businessman and also one the leaders of Libya United for Reconciliation and Democracy movement that fought against the Government in Libya African.

confiding in you with hope that you will never betray me at last, My most required concern is for you to recognised me as a friend/family, while establishing a long lasting relationship now and the future. Presently, I am in Europe with substantial quantity of diamonds and the sum of Fourt Seven Million United States Dollars (US$47million), These money and diamonds was realise by my father before his death when Revolutionary Movement for Democracy (L.M.D) conquered one of the oil region, by then my father was the head in my region and the Consultant with one of the Oil Fields in Libya.

The money and diamonds was kept under my father care for the purchase of arms from Russia, it was a situation of war so my father died and I consider it my chance and then move immediately to Europe where my late father deposited this diamonds and money with a holding company for save keeping.

My aim of contacting you is to assist me in three ways

(1) to help me move this money and diamonds to your country
(2) to help me secure prospective diamonds buyers
(3) and to help me get a profitable business for investment any where overseas all is base on your professional advice and acceptance to assist me.

Note that a substantial portion of this money would be compensated to you for your assistance. Please, do not hesitate to reply immediately to enable me furnish you with further details.

Finally, keep this with your utmost secrecy and confidentiality as you can understand my condition here, hence i am into hiding as so many people who knows my late father may expose my whereabout to the government authorities in my country.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards.
Kamal Gasser Ahmed

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