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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: Monica Brown <bronwny.monic@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:37:16 +0400
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,
I quite believe that you will be surprise to receive this letter.
Well I don't mean any harm, rather I write to seek your assistance in
a business transaction that will mutually benefit you and me.
Before I proceed with my business proposal, I shall first of all
disclose my identity to you. My name is Monica Brown, a sergeant in
the US army, 27 years of age, single and never been married, my
address is #3 Oak Drive, Lake Jackson, TX 77566 United States, but
right now I am currently serving in USA Victory Base Kabul, but was
posted to work as Intelligence Agencies attached with United States of
America Embassy Kabul,Afghanistan.
I made a total sum of $6.5 Million US dollars, which I have
successfully moved out of Iraq, to a Swift Expert Company for Safe
Keeping and to be used for investments with reliable and trusted
foreign investor. The fund is oil business money I did with some Iraqi
citizens worth, 42 million US dollars, but the $6.5 million US dollars
stated is my share on the business and it's legal. I have successfully
moved the funds out of Iraq as family valuables with help of Expert
Diplomatic Company.
The most important thing is ''' Can We Trust each other? Am offering
you 30% share of the total funds while we use the rest 70% for our
investments. You have to take control of all investments and i will be
coming to meet with you later as soon as I have vacation, but please I
have more interest on real estate. Kindly indicate on your next mail
if you are really interested to partner with me,so i will provide to
you more detailed information,on how we will move forward.
Note that the whole process is very simple and we must keep a low
profile at all times, and i want all our communications to remain on
emails for now. I look forward to your reply and co-operation. Please
reply here (monica.brown2000@mail.com)
My Regards,
Sgt.Monica Brown.

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