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: "STUART FALKIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <<falkinstuartusarmy@yandex.com><>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 02:07:11 -0800
Subject: Respectfully,

My D e a r

Due to a lot of internet Fraud people have nursed fear to do online businesses that are real because of fear of dealing with the wrong person. They want to tell you that this mail is not one of them. Can I trust you also to do this Business? Please I want you to read this message carefully and I will give you all proof that will show you are real. How are you doing? Please carefully read my mail. Am Stuart Falkin , 45 years old , from Houston Texas, United States of America but I lived in the Military Cantonment in Houston Texas, I completed my training program and physical education course at Fort bliss command Virginia US. I am a 2nd lieutenant and Protocol officer. I am well trained in combat and infantry. I had a tough childhood. I lost my Parents when I was very little, and am the only son and only child. I never knew my real parents or any relation because my Parents nationalized in the USA. I was adopted by Mr. Eugene Lee Scott, and his wife Rose, may their souls rest
in peace
Amen as they are also de

I am on the P e a c e keeping force deployed to K a b u l, Afghanistan from I r a q. Can you be trusted? If you are current, you might have heard the world breaking news in Iraq some time ago, about the USA ARMY stormed a place and made this discovery which was handed over to the USA heads, till today nobody gave account of it.

You can read more about it here:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2967029.stm

I have attached my Pictures to prove what I am about to tell you, please keep everything s e c r e t. Last time we went for inspection in terrorist hideout, we discover bags fill with US Dollars and other currency, me and my group returned it back to the base camp, our heads told us that they will report it to the proper office for i n v e s t i g a t i o n and up to date we did not hear anything about the m o n e y again and I feel they must have shared it a m o n g themselves, so after the next day I went to take records of other items in the trucks discovered from the terrorist hideout notice there was another bag right inside they Truck tanker side, I said glory be to God, I took the bag, and hide it in a safe place, after some couple of days,

I decided to count the m o n e y in my room, It was a huge a m o u n t 12.6 M i l l i o n US Dollars, I smiled.

If you will assure me, honesty, s i n c e r i t y, I will make plans how to move it out from Afghanistan to your address as a Military family valuable, which I will obtain (M.N.I.F.V.T) Military Non Inspection Family Valuable Tag with UN Tag and tag on the box for delivery to avoid any body to open it, as far as it have the UN Tag and Military Non Inspection Family Valuable Tag. When it gets to your address you will take 5 M i l l i o n US Dollars and keep 7.6 M i l l i o n US Dollars till I pull out.

If you are i n t e r e s t e d and assure me your s i n c e r i t y, get b a c k to me u r g e n t l y.
?
I wait for your immediate r e p l y to enable us to proceed.

Respectfully,

LIEUTENANT. STUART FALKIN

Anti-fraud resources: