joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Luckyday Lottery Netherlands" <luckydaylottx@netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:28:44 -0600
Subject: WINNINGS NOTIFICATION


From: The Lottery Co-ordinator
Government Accredited Licensed lottery promoters.
International Promotions/Prize Award Department
Lucky Day lottery Nederland.
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
WEBSITE: www.luckyday.nl

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS; Congratulatulations to you as we bring to
your notice, the results of the Category "A" draws of LUCKY DAY LOTTERY
NEDERLAND.

We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the third
Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on the
6th January 2006 and results were officially announced after the draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
4,000,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as
part of our International Promotions Program.

You/Your company, attached to ticket number 3344/6181-44, with serial
number 72-76 drew the lucky numbers 19, 21, 25, 30, 41, 54 (44), and
consequently won in the Category "A".
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00euro (One
Million Euro) in cash, which is the winning payout for Category "A" winners.
This is from the total prize money of 2,000,000.00Euro(Two million Euro)
shared among the 2 international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.
We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2005) high stakes
where you stand a chance of winning up to US$40 Million, we hope that with a
part of your prize you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin your claims process;
CLAIM AGENT/VERIFYING HOUSE, LUCKY DAY LOTTO NEDERLAND
MR.RICHARD GORDON
TEL NUMBER: +31-630-054-343
FAX NUMBER: +31-204-470-181
E-mail:richardgordon87@netscape.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 2weeks. After
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, Find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Note that you are to forward this email to the finance firm
in your first correspondence with them by email.
REFERENCE NUMBER: ULN/6191/111-02/04
BATCH NUMBER: 18211-TH
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
MRS. HELEN VAN HALL
LUCKY DAY LOTTO NEDERLAND.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. This is a notification email. Contact your claims
agent.

Note: Reply email to richardgordon87@netscape.net

--

Anti-fraud resources: