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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: Mr.Lee Hwang-Chan <andrea.finkenstein@schwabengarage.de>
Reply-To: <mrleehwangchan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 23:45:30 -0400
Subject: Grüße dich.

Grüße dich.

Dies ist eine Partnerschaft, Investitionsangebot und dringend zu SOS-Nachricht.
 
Mein Name ist Mr.Lee Hwang-Chan ein südkoreanischer und die persönliche Schatzmeister an Herrn Kim Woo-Choong der Gründer der insolventen Daewoo Konglomerate in South Korea.I haben eine profitable und dennoch private / vertrauliche Business-Angebot für Sie, die es wert ist mehrere Millionen US-Dollar.

Ich werde Sie alle Einzelheiten dieses Geschäfts Angebot auf Ihre positive Antwort verpflichten, aber sind Sie verpflichtet, dieses Angebot vertraulich und TOP SECRET für unsere persönliche Sicherheit zu halten, obwohl dieses Angebot legal ist.

Ich danke dir.(mrleehwangchan@gmail.com)

Mr.Lee Hwang-Chan

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