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.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "james butler" <jamsbutler@msn.com>
Reply-To: jamesbutlers@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:09:00 +0000
Subject: FROM JAMES BUTLER!

United Trust Bank Limited
80 Haymarket,
London,SW1Y 4TE.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. James Burtler, the account officer of Mr.Morris Thompson who died
in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31
2000 along with his wife and only daughter( who happens to behis next of
kin). He has an account with us.

You should read more aboutthe crash on visiting this
site(s).http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/http://http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or as a relative to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

I was contacted by the Executor of his will to find somebody that can stand
in as his next of kin, so that the funds would not be trapped in our bank.
All legal paper work will be taken care of by him(the Executor)If you are
favourably disposed to joining us in doing this,please respond as soon as
possible.

In the event that you are notinterested, I sincerely ask that you disregard
this email and tell none about it. I am very careful on truncating my
banking career should you mention this to someone else. I hope you can be
trusted in this regard.

Regards
Mr.James Burtler.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam