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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • casperickpbknl@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.Bartilo Randwanska " <sunjaplo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:37:36 +0000
Subject: COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON!!! YOU WON 1,500,000.00

Sunshine International lottery Promotions
and Japan Email Lotto Programme
7-1-1 Kamikodanaka, Nakahara-ku
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
251-9586 Japan

Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON €1,500,000.00

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 2nd of
October, 2007 of winners of SUNSHINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
and JAPAN EMAIL LOTTO programmer held on the 28th of September, 2007.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of €1,500,000.00
(One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Euros) in cash credited to
file SUNJAP/26510460037/07.This is from a total cash prize of
€15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Euros) shared amongst the first ten (10)
lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

Your lucky Draw number fell under our European coupon booklet, thus your
winning prize sum is now deposited in a special account
with the OFFICIAL approved European Bank based in Holland-Netherlands-
Bank-POST BANK NL. To begin your claim, DO NOT contact us,
instead contact the approved paying bank as they will guide you step by
step until your winning prize is paid to you.

Casper Henrick.
Processing Department
Post Bank NL
Centurion Bouwmeestraat 123, 1178 AA Amsterdam - Netherlands.
Web-Site:-www.postbank.nl
Email address:-ptbkpro@dada.net OR casperickpbknl@aim.com

Also give him the following information:-

YOUR FULL NAMES:-
CONTACT STREET ADDRESS:-
TELEPHONE NUMBERS-OFFICE/MOBILE:-
FAX NUMBER:-
OCCUPATION:-
YOUR AGE:-

REF NUMBER:SUNJAP/091113B2/14
BATCH NUMBER:25/14/SJ24
TICKET NUMBER:09-1012-790-458

Your security file number is SUNJAP/26510460037/07(keep personal).Remember;
your winning must be claimed not later than One Month.
Failure to claim your winning prize will obviously mean that your winning
prize will be re-staked in our next lottery draws, so ensure
that the needful is done now and quickly too. Once again, accept our
profound and sincere congratulations on your winning.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms.Bartilo Randwanska

{Online Co-ordinator}

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam