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: ALI HAIDER <ccarolineheiderv@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alialihaidarv@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 02:42:32 -0700
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Greetings

My name is Maj. Gen.Ali Haider, an American Army, currently in Syria
for peacekeeping duty. I wish to let you know about a business of
supplying Pharmaceutical active ingredients from India to an American
company, I have done this business with an Indian partner until last
when I lost him.

There is an active raw ingredients oil, which I supplied to the
American company from India through an Indian partner. Right now I am
in Syria for a peacekeeping mission, secondly the Coronavirus problem,
so I cannot execute the business by myself hence I'm seeking your
partnership, the Director of the American company has asked me for the
contact of the India dealer to enable them to contact them for the
supply. Because of the Corona-Virus pandemic, they told me that they
cannot send their Manager to India, but they will send money to their
agent in the American Embassy in India so that he can get the product
from the seller and make payment. Afterwards, the agent will courier
the product to America through their freight agent. Last year the
American Company sent their purchase manager to India, but due to the
recent global pandemic Corona Virus Threat, the American Company opted
to send money to the agent to get the product and cargo to them to
American.

I do not wish to give the American company's Managing Director or
Chief Purchase Officer, the contact of the Indian Seller, because of
my profit in the business, I normally made good profits and it was too
encouraging to give away, I intended to present you as the Indian
vendor to the American company (That means that you will stand as a
middle person between the American company and original Indian vendor)
so that the American company will not know the source and real cost of
the stuff.

The Original Indian vendor is selling the material at the cost of
4,370USD Per Litre, while the American company buys at the cost of
13,890USD Per Litre. The Company normally demands between 1000- 1500
Litres every three months. I will convince the American company to buy
the material from you. We will get the material from the Indian vendor
and supply it to the American company through their agent over there
in India.

Your duty will be to get the material from the local dealer and supply
to the American Company then we (you and I ) will share the profit
made on the basis of 70% for you and 30% for me.

Your role must be played perfectly and the least I will expect from
you is betrayal. Again, I don’t want the American company to know the
real cost or source of the product, likewise I don't want the Indian
vendor to know about the American company.

Kindly get back to me with your full name, phone number and contact
address, if you are interested to partner with me.

Awaiting your response

Maj. Gen. Ali Haider

Anti-fraud resources: