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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: "infovp1000" <infovp1000@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 03:06:21 -0600
Subject: Please contact Agent George Frank for your claim ok.


Massage from the international euro madrid lottery in 2006..
C/cordoba no 21 planta 2-A 28204 madrid spain.
Ref no/Egs/2551256003/02
Batch no/14/0017/ipd
RE:AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE..
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you,that as a result of our Rcent lottery draws held on the 15th of March,2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:11 23 34 38 48 49 46 750 with serial number:2113? 05 drew lucky numbers:13 15 ? 22 ? 37 39 which consequently won in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$715,810.00 (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN CENT US DOLLARS ONLY).
Note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites.
This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations.This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.
for security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.We look forward to your active participation in our next 4million euro's slot.
You are requested to contact your clearance/cliam agency Mr.George Frank,Foreign operations manager,EUROCITY GRUPO SEGURIDAD S.A ON contact him with this info:Tell:+447040117457
Fax:+447005921399 Email:(agencymail@excite.com) for processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
Fill the form and forward it to clearance/cliam agency Mr.George Frank and tell him how you want him to credit your payment ok.
Full name:
Gender:
Date of birth:
Country of residence:
Nationality:
Marital status:
Home address:
Office address:
Home Telephone number:
Work tel number:
Fax number:
Occupation:
Email address:
Final how you want your fund to be credit to you:
All winnings must be claimed not later than one month After the date of this notice. Please note,in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence furthermore,should there be any change of address do inform us back as soon as possible.
Congratulations!!! once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Hellen Banker.
Vice president of international lotto dept.

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