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.

Fraud email example:

From: ukgames_fudiciary@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:52:22 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?winning=20notification=21=21=21?=

The U.K National Online Lottery
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

:WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#975) of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday
20th may,2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545
188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(bonus no .), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £135,256 (One hundred
and thirty five thousand,two hundred and fifty six pound sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £946,792
shared amongst the (07) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.


This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European booklet representative office in England as indicated
in your play coupon. In view of this, your £135,256 (One hundred and thirty
five thousand,two hundred and fifty six pound sterling) would be released
to you by any of our affiliated security/courier companies in England. Our
Fiduciary 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 whatever manner you
deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be
warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our uk online fiduciary agent:Mr
William Spencer,with your full name and draw number(i.e 975)
Email: ukgames_fudiciary@yahoo.com
You can also go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:- http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do


Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+ 44-703 1947253





------------------------------------------
Use o melhor sistema de busca da Internet
Radar UOL - http://www.radaruol.com.br

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam