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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • henrymacfdb2021@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?henry=20macpepple?= <henrymacfdb2021@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: henrymacfib@walla.com
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 14:05:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Letter For You!!!


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : henrymacfdb2021@yahoo.fr

First Direct Bank,

40 Wakefield Road, Leeds LS98 1FD,

London UK.



ATTN: PRESIDENT / CEO,


Dear Sir,



REQUEST FOR CO-OPERATIVE BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


I am Mr. Henry Macpepple , Head Foreign Exchange Dept; FISRT DIRECT BANK UK .Every Six years, British Banks transfer to it treasury, Millions of Pounds sterling/Euros and dollars of unclaimed deceased Depositors Funds, in compliance with the

Banking Laws and Guidelines. In the majority of cases, with reference to my First Direct Bank, the money normally runs into several millions of Dollars Until Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong, governor of Taiwan\'s Central Bank, his wife and only daughter with other four other finance officials returning from a conference in Bali Died in a plane crash in Taiwan, I was his foreign currency chartered Bank Account Manager with constant balance in excess of Eight digits. Ever since his death and up till this time of writing, no next of kin or relation of his has come forward to claim his money with us, since they lost their only daughter who was supposed to inherit this liquid assets. However, with my position, I am directly in charge of Bills and Exchange in the Foreign Remittance Department of this bank. I am in a position to cause the payment of this money to whosoever that present Himself or herself as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong on private business deal basis.


Please View this website:

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/


The purpose of my writing to you exclusively is that I want to pull out this unclaimed money amounting to,11million pounds sterling’s (eleven million pounds sterling) with your cooperation and assistance by just doing the following


1. Act as the next of kin or relation of late Mr. Sheu Yuan-dong

2. Provide your bank account and location where you want the money remitted.

3. Provide your direct and private telephone/fax numbers for effective communication.


For your co-operation and efforts 40% of

The money will be for you as our foreign partner, while 60% will be for my colleagues and myself that will eventually visit your country for disbursement of our fund portion.


As a matter of fact, it is pertinent to inform you that all modalities have been accomplished and all logistics in good shape to effect payment immediately.


Looking forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship.

Treat with extremely confidential

Best regards,

Dr Henry Mcpepple.


Head of Foreign Exchange Dept FISRT DIRECT BANK UK










- henry macpepple

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam