419 scam: "Mr. Gamal Hosni" <tonnymomoh01@yahoo.com> Hope to hear from you

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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gamal Hosni" <tonnymomoh01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gamalhosni@live.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 02:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hope to hear from you

Dear Friend,

This letter might come to you as a surprise but it is coming with the best of intentions and will be of mutual benefit to all the parties involved.

My name is Gamal Hosni from Cairo Egypt a son to former Egyptian president, and also the (PA) Personal Assistance to Ahmed Shafiq the new prime minister of Egypt, who was the formal Aviation Minister and also has taken his heels with his entire family. Am sure you might have heard and seen what is happening in our country both on news and internet presently as Military has taken over power and trying to confiscate all our access or belongings.

I am writing to solicit your assistance to secure funds that are already in London UK with a security company. The fund in question is in a total of $15,500,000 (Fifteen Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) in $100 bills and stashed in one trunk box and was shipped out of Egypt through a diplomatic means to a Red Cross security company and they are not aware of the real content of the box for security reasons.

The consignment IS already in London and under the custody of the said security company. For your assistance in getting the box or consignment out from the security company and secure the funds, I will give you 20% of the total fund.

NOTE: There is no risk involved in this project because I am involved as I'm confidant. Therefore contact me immediately on (email:gamalhosni@live.com) for further directives. Please you should keep this transaction a top secret as we are prepared to do more business with you pending your approach towards this project. I await for your urgent response.

Regards,

Mr. Gamal Hosni.

Email:gamalhosni@live.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam