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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Byeong-Dong Di" <slater@web-mail.com.ar>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:15:58 +0100
Subject: Credit officer

Mr. Byeong-Dong Di
Hyundai International Merchant Bank (HIMB)
Seoul, Seoul 100-757
South Korea.
http://www.himb.co.kr/
slater@web-mail.com.ar

I am Mr. Byeong-Dong Di, credit officer of Hyundai
International Merchant Bank. I have an urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you.

On July 8, 2001, Mrs. Sarah Fisher foreign national
in Korea, trade merchant and philiantropist deposited
various sums of money to the tune of (Thirty-one
Million American Dollars only) in my branch.

Upon maturity of the deposits, I sent a routine
notification to her forwarding address but got no
reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered from her business associates, that Mrs.
Sarah Fisher died from an auto-mobile accident.

On further investigation, I found out that she died
without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace her
next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mrs. Sarah Fisher did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents,including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.This sum of
Thirty-one Million American Dollars is still sitting
in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with
the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it.

According to Laws of South Korea, at the expiration of
(five) years,the money will revert to the ownership of
the South Korea Government if nobody applies to claim
the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mrs. Sarah
Fisher so that the fruits of this old womans labor
will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the
attorney will preparethe necessary documents and
affidavits that will put you in place as the next of
kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor forthe transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world that you will
provide the will, then facilitate the transfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money
will be paid into your account for us to share in the
ratio of seventy percent for me and twenty five
percent for you and five percent for Expenses Incurred
in the course of the transaction.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and with my
position as the credit officer guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested,please reply immediately to my email box.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details that will help you understand the transaction.

Please send me your confidential telephone and fax
numbers for easy communication. You should observe
utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my
share in your country.

regards,
Mr. Byeong-Dong Di

NB: Please forward your response to my confidential
email address;
slater@web-mail.com.ar


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