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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: Engr Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi <adesolakazeem919@gmail.com>
Reply-To: esaikaabi@aol.com
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:29:02 -0700
Subject: Attn:

Attn:

With all sense of responsibility I write to your esteemed self. My
name is Saad Khalifa the Libyan uprising of the year 2011, my late
father was a gold and diamond merchant. As the rebels tried to take
over Tripoli, the capital, my late father made a fast move as to
safeguard his high profile goods and cash to the Malaysia, where he
deposited USD$9,000,000 (Nine Million United States Dollars) with the
Deutsche Bank Malaysia and a large quantity of gold.

My father returned back to Libya but later died in a cross fire
fighting between the rebels and troops loyal to the Head of State
Murmur Gaddafi in October 2011, which eventually led to the death of
President Gaddafi. With the devastating death of our father, my
mother and I decided to move on hence we relocated to London-UK. The
bank has notified us that is now necessary to clear and move the huge
amount- US9,000,000.00 with them because of their Central Bank's Cash
Reverse Ratio(CRR)policy, so that it will not be declared as
"Unclaimed Deposit". We need your help to take over the funds and I
want to assure you that we proof of deposit of the funds with the
bank.

Please, we pray you to come to our assistance and represent our family
before the bank in the capacity of a business partner to our late
father so that they can move the funds in your name as INVESTMENT
FUNDS.

For more information, kindly feel free to contact us on email
(esaikaabi@aol.com)

Our sincere regards.

Saad Khalifa

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