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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: "Lee Yung Wood" <lee@info.org>
Reply-To: leeyungwood@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:55:17 -0600
Subject: Partnership Needed.

Dear Friend,

I am making this contact with you based on trust and confidence I have for
you, your Company and God irrespective of the fact that we have not met
before and because of the nature of the business I am about to introduce to
you,I want to remain positive having the faith, the will and convincing
myself that you will be interested and capable to do business with me.

This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and
its success is entirely based on mutual trust,cooperation and a high level
of confidentiality as regard this transaction.

My name is Mr. Lee Yung Wood.The kind of the relationship and the
confidential nature makes it imperative for me to contact you directly by
email. A German, Late Estate Magnate Mr.Andreas Schranner, a majority stake
holder in Korean Real Estate Coy ,until his death years ago in 25th
July,2000 CONCORDE plane clash [Flight AF4590]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>).

There is a fixed deposit of US$48,000,000.00(Fourty Eight Million United
States Dollars) made in a Korea bank since 1998 which is ten years now and
since then no claim or withdrawal have been made on that
deposit.Fortunately, I have been the person in charge of this deposit from
the day of deposit to date.

This great late Estate Magnate died without a written or oral 'WILL'
attached to the account with respect to his investment in Korea Real Estate
Company. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to
locate any of his next of kin. Rapidly, I took the precaution of converting
this funds worth S$48,000,000..00 Dollars to the [open secure progamme] and
deposited it with OPEN BENEFICARY-which allows anybody or person that has
accurate information to the deposit can lay claim to it.

As a proposed partner i mustconfided in you immensely,therefore to use my
position to move this money outside Korea through dedicated bank in Europe
to your designated account with consolidated arrangement. It can be
transferred to your custody if you are willing and assure me of your ability
to handle such a sum and honesty that I will not be cheated out when the
money comes into your account.

I am willing to let you keep 30% of this fund for your assistance.Indicate
your willingness by return email.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Lee Yung Wood.

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