419 scam: "Dr. Essam Al-Awwa"<essam.awwa@abv.bg> Greetings to you and your family.

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "with absolute secrecy" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- essam.alawwa@abv.bg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Essam Al-Awwa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <e.alawwa@abv.bg>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:44:48 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you and your family.

Greetings to you and your family.

I apologize if the content here under is contrary to your moral ethics but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. My name is Prof.Dr. Essam Al-Awwa from Damascus Syria.

I am now 59 years old, a retired professor and government official. I was former personal investor & financial consultant advisers to some top politician in Syria, also an oil Tycoon from Syria and Saudi Arabia. Al Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC) the leader in the region in Reservoir Management. AFPC was established under Service Contract no. 210 ratified by Law no. 43 of 1977 and named as per decree-law no. 12 in 1985. AFPC is a joint venture company between the General Petroleum Corporation (50%) and private shareholders Syria Shell Petroleum Development (SSPD).

I have plan to relocate my investment planning to your beautiful country, out of Spain due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now Syria security and our economic independent has been lost to the greatest lower level, and our culture has been lost forever and our happiness has been taking away from us , so I will like to relocate my family out to your country, I need a foreign partner to enable me receive my investment capital which already in a bank in Spain, and then relocate me and my family after the global pandemic, honestly, I wish you and I will discuss more and get along. Am interested in buying properties houses, Building real estate and some tourist places, my capital for investment is Twelve Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

I will appreciate your idea and knowledge regarding this or any other profitable investment you may suggest, on my next email I will explain to you the full details of this investment Proposal. Please reply me if you are willing to help me and my family through my private e-mail: essam.alawwa@abv.bg

Please Keep safe and isolated.

Best regards,

Prof.Dr. Essam Al-Awwa
UNHCR Sub-Delegation
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam