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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?jang=20hwan?= <jangdoohwan_korea@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:15:07 +0530 (IST)
Subject: ok


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: jangdoohwan_korea@yahoo.co.in

Dear Friend,


My name is JANG DOO-HWAN, The brother of Mr. CHUN

DOO-HWAN, the former President of South Korea who

seized power in a military coup in 1979 and who ruled

from 1979 to 1987. My brother was pushed out of office

and charged with treason, corruption and embezzlement

of over 21 billion won. He was wrongly sentenced to

death but fortunately AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL stepped in

and commuted the sentence to life. We thank God that

he has finally been released though still under house

arrest in the sense of the conditions of his freedom.

During my brother's regime as president of South

Korea, we realized some reasonable amount of money

from various deals that we successfully executed. I

have plans to invest this money for my children’s

future in real estate and industrial production.

Before my brother was overthrown, I secretly

siphoned the sum of $20,000,000.00 Million USD (Twenty

Million United States dollars) out of Seoul and

deposited the money with a Security Firm that

transports valuable goods and consignments through

diplomatic means.

I am contacting you because I want you to deal with

the Security Firm and claim the money on my behalf

since I have declared that the consignment belong to

my Foreign Business Partner. You shall also be

required to assist me in investments in your country.

I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will

not sit on this money when you claim it, rather you

would assist me properly.

I intend to give you 20% of the total money if you can

assist me claim these from the security company.When I

receive your positive response I will let you know where

the Security Firm is and the Payment Pin Code to claim

the money which is very important. What I need is for you

to indicate your interest that you will assist me by

receiving the money on my behalf in Europe. For this, you

shall be considered to be the beneficiary of the money.

The project in brief, is that the funds with which we intend

to carry out our proposed investments in your country, is

presently in the custody of a Security Company

in Europe.

I cannot do this myself because I dont want

the Government of my Country to know about

the money because they will believe I got the money

from my brother while he was still in office as

President. Once you confirm the receipt of the money,

I would leave where I am presently located and come

over with my Children to your Country to start a new

life with my Family.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount

mentioned above is successfully transferred into your

account, I intend to use my own share in acquiring

some estates in your country. For this purpose also,

you shall be my project manager for the properties I

hope to acquire in your country and you will be paid

based on a certain percentage agreed upon by both of

us.

For now, let all our communication be by e-mail

because of the nature of this transaction but for more

details on this transaction you can contact my lawyer

(Bar Frank Miller ) on this tel number +44-7040124170 or +44-7040124171

or +44-

7040124172 email frank_miller_123@yahoo.co.uk

It is very important you contact him because he will be

the one to represent me in all legal matters to back this

pending transaction since i cannot move at the momemt.

Please send me your Telephone and Fax numbers as it

would be better for me to get to you now by any of

this means. This would be for our better peace of mind

before and after these funds are transferred into your

account.

The reason why it took this long to get to you was

because of the Security Firm's agreement with me which

was that my brother must personally sign the Power of

Attorney that would transfer title to the prospective

beneficiary. It was a long wait but it has now paid

off. His excellency, Chun Doo-Hwan does not want to be

personally involved for security and personal reasons.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thank

you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,


JANG DOO-HWAN

ALTERNATIVE EMAIL;jangdoohwan0005@yahoo.co.uk



- jang hwan


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