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: "info lottery" <infouklottery2@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:51:58 +0000
Subject: CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT!!!




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

W I N N I N G N O T I F I C A T I O N

We happily announce to you the draw (#495 ) of the THUNDERBALL WINNING
under the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held
on Wednesday, 9th of November, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
serial number 04 12 14 18 26 /12 drew the lucky numbers;



which subsequently won you the lottery of the Jackpot Prize. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000.00 (Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. 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 on-line.
This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
Booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your £250,000.00 would be released to you by any of
our
Payment Offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fiduciary Agent:
Name: george robinson
Email: uk_claimsagent2@uk2.net
Tel: +44-703-184-4806
+44-703-1964-707

Provide him with the information below:
1. NAME:
2. ADDRESS:
3. MARITAL STATUS:
4. OCCUPATION:
5. AGE:
6. SEX:
7. NATIONALITY:
8. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
9. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10. FAX NUMBER:
11. EMAIL ADDRESS:
12. DRAW NUMBER ABOVE: 495

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. Drivers
License or International Passport.

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.

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


Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd
Online Co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program



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 FIDUCIARY AGENT!!!



© copyright 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines


Anti-fraud resources: