joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter! Free trial for 30 days

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

• About the 419 (Advance Fee) scam
• "Is that email a scam?" - Check it online here!
  
• Frequently asked Questions (419 FAQ)
• Phone numbers used by 419 scammers
  (+225 +229 +234 +27 +31 +32 +34 +44 other)
• Company names mentioned in 419 spam:
  1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
• Support our efforts to stop scams!
  
• How to report 419 spam to us
• What can you do when you receive 419 spam
  
  
• Spam archive, Daily index
  

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.

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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • uknationalclaimagent5@yahoo.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "pauls white" <paulss222ukk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: customercareservices1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:06:49 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

The UK National Lottery
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: UKNL/26510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today, 21th march
2007, of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 13th December, 2006 in Croydon,London.
You email address was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459,
with
serial number 5063-11 drew The lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently
Won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay Of 500,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) in cash
credited
to file REF NO. UKNL/26510460037/06. This is from total prize money
Of
2,000,000.00 British Pounds(GBP) shared among the four International
winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website
through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies as
part
of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our
European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of
this your 500,000.00 British Pounds(GBP).This amount would be
released
to you by our preferred payment center in London.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
Release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security
reasons, you
are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in strictly bank transfer or
draft if
applicable. This
is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be
warned. This is part of our security protocol to avoid Double
claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants
Of this program. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary

Agent personel Manager incharge of customers care unit

Agent Personel Manager
Mr Ryan Woodgate
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON.
W2 1EY,United Kingdom.
Tel:009-44-7031913389
Fax:009-44-2081816199
uknationalclaimagent5@yahoo.com.br

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
For due processing and remittance of your prize Money, please
remember
to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every one of your
Correspondences with your agent.Remember, all prize money must be
claimed not
later Than 30th March 2007. After this date, all funds will Be
returned as unclaimed.
Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform
your
claims agent As soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our
staff and thank
You for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Dr Paul White
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com

_________________________________________________________________
5.5%* 30 year fixed mortgage rate. Good credit refinance. Up to 5 free
quotes - *Terms
https://www2.nextag.com/goto.jsp?product=100000035&url=%2fst.jsp&tm=y&search=mortgage_text_links_88_h2a5d&s=4056&p=5117&disc=y&vers=910

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam