419 scam: "Mrs. Leanne Power."<leannepowe@naver.com> Re: Greetings from London.

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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +442003331240

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Leanne Power." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerleannepower@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 16:25:33 +0100
Subject: Re: Greetings from London.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs. Leanne Power, Special Counsel, Consultant and Solicitor at Andrews & Kurth LLP Law Firm United Kingdom. Please, your urgent attention to this matter would be appreciated. A deceased client who lived at 17 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QQ, died with his wife and only son in a car accident in 2015. He left Four Million Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Euros in a bank. He was into Mining, Oil and Gas, He was a successful business man before he died. I am searching for his relatives. I decided to contact you because he bears the same last name with you and he is also from the same country with you. I await your urgent reply for more details.

Respectfully.

Mrs. Leanne Power

special Counsel,

Consultant and

Solicitor at

Andrews & Kurth

LLP Law Firm

United Kingdom

Tel: +44 2003331240

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam