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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR. CLEMENT HOOKS." <alliancelotteryint@tiscali.it> (may be fake)
Reply-To: epsfin7@tiscali.it
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:46:22 -0700
Subject: Congratulation You Have

ALLIANCE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: MLI/231-ILGI0431/03
BATCH: IPD/15/096/PTNL
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION
Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 23TH of April 2004. Your e-mail

address
attached to ticket number 147-967703 drew lucky numbers
7-66-97-22-41-67, which consequently won in the 2nd Category, you have
therefore been approved for a Lump sum pay out of US$ 500,000.00 (Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information very confidential till your claims has been
processed and your prize/money Remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this
program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 200,000,000 company and 300,000,000 individual email

addresses
and names from all over the world.

This promotional program takes place annually. We hope with part of

your
winning you will take part in our next year USD100 million

international
lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our/your fiducial agent,

MR.MICHEAL JONES of the,
EUROPOINT OFFSHORE SECURITY AND FINANCE
TEL: +31-616-190-908
FAX: +31-616-242-997.
Email: epsfin7@tiscali.it Note that all winning must be claimed not

later than 6TH of May 2004.
After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next

stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from

our
members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional
program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

MR. CLEMENT HOOKS.

Lottery Coordinator.

REPLY EMAIL TO: epsfin7@tiscali.it




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