joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "An Post International Lottery Company" <ahmed_saiqbal01@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:13:32 +0000
Subject: AILC Winning Notification:Contact your Prize Agent ASAP

AnPost International Lottery Company
(Comhlacht Crannchur Naisiuta An Post)
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,Republic of
Ireland.
Ref. Number: AI-LC/132/756/4509
Batch Number: ai-vq/ 538901527-Bc68
Ticket Number: 27522465896-6453

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,

RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,16th of September
2005 that you are one of the winners of the An Post International Lottery
Company Prugrammes held on 23rd of July 2005. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket

number
27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky numbers
7-14-18-31-45; the

lottery was categorized into four zonal (Africa, America, Europe and
Asia)stages with the

amount won by
individual respectively and consequently you have won the lottery in the 1st

category.You have
therefore been approved for lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00[One Million
Great Britain

Pounds
Sterling]Credited to file REF NO.AI-LC/132/756/4509.

This is from total prize of GBP£20,000,000.00 in 1st category shared
among the Twenty international winners in this category. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 15 million
Personal and Business email addresses from across the globe as part of
International

Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been fully
processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid multiple claims and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some participants.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies in Europe as part of their social responsibility to
the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. We hope
with part of

your
winnings you will take part in our next year Fifty million Pounds Sterling
international
lottery.

You are required keep this award to yourself until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
of this program.

Through computer balloting you were been zoned for your winnings to be
released in our Europe Payment office which is in United Kingdom.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim Agent with the details
below:

NAME:MR.MAXWELL BLAIR
Email Address:maxlimbo@yahoo.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than two weeks after the day of
notification. After this

date,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.


Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.

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

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

Mr.S A Johnson
International Lottery (co-coordinator)

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail.
Contact your claims agent.


Anti-fraud resources: