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: "Capt Daryan A"<Akamaryan@costabrava.org>
Reply-To: akama6267@gmail.com
Date: 23 Mar 2019 22:49:14 -0700
Subject: 23/03/2019....WISH TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY/BUSINESS

Dear Partner,

How are you doing my friend, great I guess! Now I know this mail
will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but please kindly
take your time to go through it carefully as the decision you
make will probably go a long way to determine my future and
continued existence. First, let me introduce myself. I am Capt.
Akam, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine
Division, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force in Syria. I am
desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage
to contact you. I am presently in Syria and I found your contact
particulars in an Online Business address journal. I am seeking
your assistance to evacuate the sum of $17,570,000 and Gold
Bars(seventeen million Five Hundred and Seventy Thousand USD) to
your country because i will like to invest it into your company
so that we can be business partner and share profit that we make
50/50; as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your
care until I complete my service here. This is no stolen money
and there are no dangers involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY: Some money in various currencies was discovered
and concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunition at
a location near one of President Assad’s old Presidential Palaces
during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present
that the money be shared among us. This might appear as an
illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No compensation can make
up for the risks we have taken with our lives in this hellhole.
The above figure was given to me as my share and to conceal this
kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a
German contact working with the UN here (his office enjoys some
immunity) I was able to get the package out to a safe location
entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents
of the package as he believes that it belongs to a foreigner who
died in an air raid, before giving up trusted me to hand over the
package to his close relative. I have now found a secured way of
getting the package out of Syria for you to pick up the box
containing the money and Gold Bars.

I do not know for how long I will remain here, as I have been
lucky to survive two suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine
intervention. This and other reasons put into consideration have
prompted me to reach out for help. If it might be of interest to
you then Endeavor to contact me and we would work out the
necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet about this
mutually benefiting relationship.

For more details please contact me back.

Respectfully,
Capt.Daryan A

Anti-fraud resources: