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:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • master_tadwellyeaton@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MASTER TADWELL D YEATON" <tadwellyeaton@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: tadwellyeaton@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:10:12 +0000
Subject: REQUEST HEIR

TOP SECRET (FOR YOUR EYES ONLY)
With trust i dearly contact you for assistance. I am Mr.Tadwell .D .Yeaton
. a Liberian,A son of Dr Yeaton D. Benjamin
Former head of the Special Security Unit in Liberia. Ex-Director, Special
Security Services. Associate of former Liberian Ex President Charles Taylor
of the National Patriotic Party of Liberia (NPFL) , since Ex President
Charles Taylor came in to power. But it all began in August 2003, when
United
Nation, African Union (AU) and other regional bodies came to conclusion that
President Charles Taylor and his loyalist should handover to an interim Head
of Government and go on exile, so that peace will return in Liberia.
When Pressure became too much from United Nation and other World bodies,
including USA, Charles Taylor accepted and flee with about 120 of us, his
loyalist and all his family members, right now,Are refugees in another
country.
During the course of my Fathers service as a Chief of security and
operations officer to President Charles Taylor, He was privileged to make
some money, about Ninety Million Dollars
($90,000,000.00) through Mining of Raw Gold and Diamond wish he told me
before his death. But i know its for the purpose of arm purchacing .Now that
I’m in exile as a refugee, still in Africa, I don’t feel safe over my life
and this money, especially since United Nation and American Government are
bent on abducting Charles Taylor to go and face War Crime Tribunal, though
that does not affect me as individual, but affected my privilege of freedom
etc.
My reason for contacting you, is for your assistance to receive this money
for me, Which he has put in safe keeping in B.D.I.SECURITY GH LTD , pending
when the process of my documents will be through, then I will come over to
invest my own part and spend the rest of my life in a civilized society like
your country.
The money was originally
meant for
the purchase of arms and ammunition to fight the rebel groups in
Liberia but
from the look of things it is like we cannot continue with the war
because of the intervention of President George Bush of America .As a result
of
the present development I want to send the money abroad for my personal
investment without the knowledge of our Government.
My main purpose of writing you is to seek your partnership if you could
make claim of the money from the security company as the beneficiary for the
benefit of both us. I am willing to discuss sharing ratio in any reliable
business you would embark.Details of how you are going to claim the money
from the security company will be made now to you as soon as you indicate
your interest in this
transaction.Please treat this proposal with utmost confidence.All this
informations and heritage details i have got from my father before his
death.including pictures and documents after my last visit ti him in
hospital.I need your urgent response through this :
master_tadwellyeaton@yahoo.com
I’m relying on you for security of this money, please don’t betray me. I
wish you God’s blessing and prosperous 2006.
NB you can click on the sites below.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0603/18/i_if.01.html
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sc8570.doc.htm
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/liberia/liberia0402-01.htm

Best regards,
Mr.Tadwell .D .Yeaton

_________________________________________________________________
Get the new Windows Live Messenger!
http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam