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: "Award Notification" <mailinglist04@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:12:01 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! ( YOUR EMAIL HAS WON A LOTTERY)

>From The Desk Of Vice President
Euro Millions Lottery.
MADRID - SPAIN.
www.loteria.com

Attn: Beneficiary.

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Euro
Millones Lottery International Email Address draw on the 27th of December
2005. due to the mixture of names and address the result was released on the
3rd January 2006. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a
batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses. Your email address
emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Annual Euro
Millones Lottery Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of
€650,000:00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro Only).The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(I) Batch No: WTWU/3030/INSD
(ii) Ref No: MGMT/1770/5800/EUES
(iii) Lucky No: 06-19-25-39-44
(iv) Ticket No: 245-242-065

The Euro Millones Lottery Program is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell computers, and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies.
The Euro Millones Lottery Program internet draw is held once in a year and
is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Euros are won annually
in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon
as possible for the immediate release of your winnings.

MR.Alex Lopez.
MAPFRE SECURITY & TRUST AGENCY
TEL: +34-685-362-680
E-mail: consultmapfre3@aim.com
N.B:Steps to claiming your prize;

1.Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims
officer.
2. You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact
Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via
email to process the immediate payment of your prize.
3. Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear an
Affidavits of Lotto Claim and also obtain Approved Legal Clearance
Certificate from the Ministry of Justice here in Spain which is in
accordance with the European Union Financial Commission Act 2004 on payment
of International Lottery Winners.

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon
satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this Fiduciary
Agent.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.
Once again congratulations!!!
Best regards,
Mrs.Rosemod Raul.


Anti-fraud resources: