joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "TUNDE LEMO" <tlemo601@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: frank.will@personal.ro
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:53:24 -0800
Subject: Re: INTEREST OF PROFIT MAKING

Re: INTEREST OF PROFIT MAKING
FROM Mr. Frank Williams,
97 Cromwell Road London,SW4DN U.K
Telephone:447024016176

Dear, Sir/Madam

I made up my mind with trust to contact you for an urgent and very
confidential business, knowing fully well that this letter may come to you
as a surprise. I am Mr. Frank Williams. Controller International Treasury
Unit(Operations) of CITY Bank PLC London. In the course of our Last Annual
Account's check, I discovered that a customer Mr. Michael Miguel. A. made a
Fixed Deposit with our bank valued at £17,800,000.00(Seventeen Million Eight
Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings).

During further investigation, I discovered that he died on 6th September
2003 without making a WILL, he did not also declare any Next of Kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit
documents in this Bank. This sum of £17,800,000.00 is still intact in this
Bank, no one has ever come forward to claim it.

My proposal is that I need you to stand in as the Next of Kin to Late Mr.
Michael Miguel.A. to enable the bank release the deposit to you. Should you
indicate interest to partake in this transaction, I am willing to direct and
provide you with every information required for this transaction to pull
through. The Funds will be paid to you as the next of kin, as the originator
of the transaction i will be entitled to 50%, for your role you will receive
40%, while 10% shall be be aside to carter for expenses that both of us
might incur in this transaction. There is no risk involved in this
transaction as my position guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.

Feel free to reach me on my direct line (447024016176) if you are
interested to claim this funds as the bonafide Next Of Kin to Late Mr.
Michael Miguel.A., it is upon your response that I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant information that will help us go about this
transaction. Considering the nature of this transaction honesty and trust is
mostly required.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us.
Regards.

Mr. Frank Williams.
97 Cromwell Road London,SW4DN U.K
Telephone:447024016176



--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam