419 scam: "Zheng Yuming"<zhengyuming9474@gmail.com> Investment

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- zhengyuming9474@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Zheng Yuming" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zhengyuming9474@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:43:14 +0500
Subject: Investment

I am Zheng Yuming, the Internal Auditor of The Bank Of China Beijing Branch 2 Chqoyangmenneidajie Dongcheng District, Beijing, China.

An Iraqi man who happens to be my client Name Bashir Al Basaer, a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of US$330,000,000.00 ( Three Hundred and Thirty Million United State Dollars. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, but no response came from him. We later found out that Bashir Al Basaer and his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home where his personal oil well was. After further investigation it was also discovered that Bashir Al Basaer did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. So, US$330,000,000.00 is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it, so I need you to act as the next of Kin to claim the fund.

You will also be required.

(1) To Assist in the transfer of the said sum to your account

(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment in your country.

If you agree to render your service 45% of US$330,000,000.00 for you, 55% for me.

If you are interested send me your Tel/fax # via my private email zhengyuming9474@yahoo.com for easy communication and i will provide you with more details of this operation.

Thank you.
Zheng Yuming.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam