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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: "Mrs. Angeline Tuara" <tuaramrsangelinee1@yahoo.ca>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:01:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: REGARDING THE US$90 MILLION DOLLARS


Dear Good Friend.
Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction and please accept my apology for sending you this sensitive information via mail without meeting you in person, this is due to my situation and the urgency also the importance of the matter at hand.
My name is Dr. Aisha( ( Ayesha) Muammar Al-Gaddafi the Libyan,Goodwill Ambassador of the U.N. and the daughter of the late Muammar Al-Gaddafi. Dear I need your urgent partnership to claim US$90 million dollars urgently , my late father Col. Muammar Gaddafi trusted this very Fund to me in a Security Company for an arrangement to import Military weapons from Russia.
However the uprising is ended, I want to present you to Bank where the fund was deposited,  I need someone like you to partner with me by standing as the RECIPIENT of the funds but the most important thing is trust in this deal once the funds are secured by you, you shall take 40% out of the funds and keep my own 60%. Your main role in this transaction is to help me claim this fund and also find a safe place where the funds can be sent to and invested accordingly till I join you.
You can see the one they recently discovered £3 Billion Pounds from late father Col. Muammar Gaddafi which has been declared to the Great Britain Govt. Click on the link below to see for yourself:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen
The whole process of concluding this transaction is very simple, if you are interested to assist me, contact me on my private email: draishagadaffi@yandex.ru , I will furnish you with all the required information concerning this fund US$90 million dollars with the Bank details where the funds was deposited.
Yours Sincerely Dr Aisha Muammar Al-Gadaffi.Secretary Mrs. Angeline Tuara to Dr Aisha Muammar Al-Gadaffi 

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