419 scam: "Mary Mitchell"<info213@axel.ocn.ne.jp> Can i trust 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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mary Mitchell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <byrdseida233@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 00:19:02 -0700
Subject: Can i trust you

Dear Sir / Madam

I'm SGT. MITCHELL, I'm 28 years of age, presently I'm serving my country in the Military active service as a SGT. Logistics Coordinator assigned with combat Soldiers in ALEPPO SYRIA. I was born in Texas but raised in Magna Utah by a single parent (My Mom) who died in 2012 battling cancer and my father I've never get to meet him prior to my mother demise till date.

I joined the U.S. Army in 2014 as a single Lady after death snatch away the only family I had, ever since I was recruited into the Military I've been living in the north portion of Dug-way U.S. Military Base Located in the southwest of Salt Lake City Utah

I know you will be wondering how i got your email but don't be surprise maybe it's for a purpose or coincident, my reason of contacting you demands an urgent attention, response and trust if only you can give me your audience and trust i will disclose everything to you in detail because it's my utmost secret. i await your response.

Yours.

Mary

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam