419 scam: "Mr. Frank Adam"<infintybomber000111@gmail.com> Indicate Your Interest!!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Frank Adam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankadam642@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 16:20:21 +0100
Subject: Indicate Your Interest!!

Dear Friend

With due maximum respect, I crave your indulgence knowing that this my proposal will be a surprise to you and I apologize it does not suit your personal or business ethics. My name is Mr. Frank Adam; I work as a senior operation manager with a reputable bank here in my country. In our current performance of annual audit, I discovered late customers (Mr. Heinz Andreas) funds in my bank worth $9.2M.

I write to seek your co-operation as my foreign partner and your consent to present you as the beneficiary to my bank. I am the only one aware of the funds due to my investigations and there were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds. I am making this venture proposal to you in strict confidence.

As a principal staff of the organization I have studied this transaction very carefully and I have noted that there is no risk involved, therefore I have to ensure that all payment procedures are made under a legitimate framework. on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, My client; Mr. Heinz Andreas, died along with his entire family in Airplane crash, Crash Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm . After going through his file in our bank, I discovered that he left the sum of US$9.2M (Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only without specifying any beneficiary to his file as next of kin. The fund in question can only be released to specified next of Kin to Late Mr. Heinz Andreas. Now this fund is unclaimed to our bank and I require assistance and seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to Late Mr. Heinz Andreas

If you will like to assist me as a partner then indicate your interest and the sharing percentage will be 50%50. All other information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due course. If you are not interested, please also indicate so, so that it will enable me to contact other foreign partners who might be interested to work with me.

A swift acknowledgment of the receipt of this letter and early establishment of position will be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Mr. Frank Adam

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam