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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "brown and doris zuuka" <doriabr@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dorisbrown101@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:07:02 +0000
Subject: thanks and best wishes

Dear ,
Please accept my apology if my mode of contacting you
will in any way offend you. I am compelled to contact
you via this medium for obvious reasons which you will
understand when we discuss details of my proposition.
Through this letter I am seeking your urgent
co-operation and an opportunity to invest and do
business with you in your country or any other country
you can manage in around the world as my partner. I
have a sizable asset of (US $ 8.500.000.00)to invest and I would like to
work with you in doing business.so that i will give the bank the authority
and this money will be transferred into your account, while i preppier of coming
to meet you for the investment of this $8.5m united state dollars.
I am looking forward to your positive confirmation to
enable us discuss details, which will include, my
introduction, what will be in it for you as your percentage, the details and contact of the bank where the money is saved now,etc.
Sincerely
miss Doris brown

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam