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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: igl@webmail.co.za
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:46:47 +0200
Subject: INTERNET GLOBAL LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER/CHAIRMAN,
INTERNET GLOBAL LOTTERY/LOTTERY CLAIM SECTION

ATTN: SIR/MADAM,

INTERNET GLOBAL LOTTERY NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 31 July 2005. of
winners of the INTERNET GLOBAL LOTTERY SOUTH
AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 27th July 2005 as part of our
promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of Individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia,
Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic
business Promotions Program.
You qualified for the draw as a result of you Visiting Various websites we
are running the e-business promotions for.

You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number
513-10 drew the lucky Numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, 76, and
consequently won in the Second Category.
You have therefore been Approved for a lump sum pay out of US$750,000.00(
Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)
in cash, which is the winning payout for
Second category Winners. This is from the total prize money of
US$5,250,000.00 shared among the Seven international
winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the VILJOEN FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD insured
in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim
has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

please contact the directors of claims department .immediately;

MR. FRANK COLEMAN. SENIOR CLAIMS EXECUTIVE,
VILJOEN FINANCE & INSURANCE LTD.
PHONE: 00 27 73 390 88 72
FAX: 00 27 73 7767 004
EMAIL: viljoenfinance@webmail.co.za
ADDRESS: 14a PYBUS ROAD SANDTON JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.



For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice or payment by Cheque. Remember,
you must contact the directors of claims department not later than 10th
August
2005.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondences
with. You are also advised to contact the directors of claims department .
REFERENCE NUMBER: IGL-VF44-764P8
BATCH NUMBER: 34-THK-BBN

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNET GLOBAL LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
UNITY BUILDING PRETORIOUS STREET PRETORIA
SOUTH AFRICA.

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