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.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: JONATHAN CHEN <jonathanchen07@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:15:52 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU


*THE SILK ROAD FUNDA 40 BILLION US DOLLAR CHINA INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS
MONEY BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.If you’re reading this mail and you need
capital to invest into your existing business or a new project, please pay
great attention to the message below. But If you’re non of the above,
please disregard reading below message as it’s not meant for you.THE
MESSAGE:As a business owner or someone with the next great business idea in
Asia, Europe or Americas, Mrs Jin Qi, the CEO of China Silk Road Fund
(www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1736264/chinas-us40-
<http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1736264/chinas-us40->) has a very
special and exclusive deal for you. Mrs. Jin Qi wants to work with you in
making great profits for China SR Fund by providing you the required
funding you need to create a great profit in your business and share it
With China Silk Road Fund called China $40Billion SILK ROAD FUND.As CEO,
Mrs Jin Qin has Veto powers to personally allocate business and project
funds ranging from 25-950 Million US Dollars of the 40 Billion without any
red tapes from China government or bank.My name is Jonathan Chen and I
contact regarding above subject matter for and on behalf of my Boss, Mrs
Jin Qi, in Beijing. All you’re required to do now is send me a
BUSINESS/PROJECT FUND'S REQUEST LETTER to my email
(jonathanchen04@gmail.com <jonathanchen04@gmail.com>) and in your letter,
state your business/project summary and the amount needed. Your personal
and business contact information is also required for further
correspondence.As the CEO’s Personal Assistant in charge of this project, I
need you to submit your written letter requesting for project or hedge
funds ranging from 25 million and up to 950 million US. Dollars but please
note, a single applicant or business/project’s amount must not exceed 99.9
million Dollars and not less than 24.99 million dollars.Once again, my
Email is; ( jonathanchen04@gmail.com <jonathanchen04@gmail.com>)Please
Note:Some special conditions for granting your required amount abounds but
in so far as your business/project is a great profit oriented venture, I
assure you can have access to unlimited amount of funds within 25-100
Million Dollars within a couple of weeks and refundable within not more
than 18 years at the rate of 3-9% Return On Investment.Yours very
truly,Jonathan Chen*

Anti-fraud resources: