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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "MR ABDULLA ABAD" <abb10@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abato@myway.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:24:47 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROJECT

FROM; ABDULLA ABAD HUSEIN

The Executive Director Crystol
Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Adress:Naser Square Sadoon
Street Baghdad Iraq.



Dear Brother,

I am Abdulla Abad Husein , The Director of Crystol Manufacturing Company Ltd. Iraq and an Iraq citizen. I am writing to you based on prevailing information for you, to solicit your assistance in helping to receive some amount of money in your country, I made this money through my own sweat, this money is my own personal money. The reason why I want to send this money out of this country is because of war between my country Iraq and the United State of America.
Formally the money was in a citizen bank here in Iraq,But during the war i managed to move the money from the bank to a security company in Rome ITALY and uptill now things have not normalised and no business as we are still in problem and connot leave comfortable again in this country, Then i decided to move this money out to your country for investment and in searching for a reliable person in your country and Now i have decided to send the money into your care in your country for investment, The total amount is US$10million dollars only.

I have finalized the whole necessary arrangement on how to send this money out of this country to your country through a Diplomatic means by a courier service company, if you are interested to do business with me then get back to me and i will give you futher details and modalities and we discuss terms of the investment.

CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE. I AM IN ITALY NOW.

0039.3396463456

Yours truly,

MR ABDULLA ABAD

PLEASE REPLY HERE FOR A SECURITY PURPOSE

abato@myway.com




Anti-fraud resources: