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: "CONGRATULATIONS" <ukloteryonlinegame21@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: hans871@walla.com
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:10:29 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION

CONGRATULATIONS!....




The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Fax: 44 (0)8712426970

Congratulations, you have just won £1,400,000.00 (ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS) in the satellite software email lottery in which e-mail
addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet through
the world wide website.

Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter.This promo is proudly
sponsored by the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Your email address attached to ticket number 023-56678230954,drew from the
lucky numbers 5-22-26-40-42-43-44,batch number 6858/UK and consequently won
the lottery in the "A" category. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum pay of £1,400,000.00 (ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS),
which has been credited to file REF NO.SGIL/763276/03. This is from the
total prize money of £20,000,000.00 which is to be shared among the forty
national winners in
categories C with serial number:IL/FLW/12-C033721192.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
100,000company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses
from Australia, New Zealand,America,Europe,North
America,Africa and Asia as part of International Promotions Program,which
is conducted annually.

Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claims.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact
our licensed and accredited claim agent (date of this email inclusive) for
the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account
after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

All prize money must be claimed not later than TWO weeks from notice. After
this date, all funds will be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

For security reasons, Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information
from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim
by Winner.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

NAME: Mrs Julie Hans
EMAIL: hans871@walla.com
PHONE LINE 1: +44-703-190-4445
FAX: 44-870-133-1080

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference and batch number in every correspondence with your agent.

Reference number: UK/9420X2/68

Batch number : 074/05/ZY369

Furthermore, if you have changed your email address,do contact your agent,
notifying him of the change.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire.
Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until
the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent
claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mr.Milner Grahams. (Lottery Coordinator).

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Fax: 44 (0)8712426970

NB: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING
AGENT ON
E-mail: hans871@walla.com

***"YOUR CHANCE TO WIN BIG" ***

___________________________________________________________

Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005.
Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/
Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam