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: "Lottery UK" <lotteryukinternational13@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:01:13 +0000
Subject: Online Program held on 28-Nov-2005.

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF LOTTERY UK INTERATIONAL.

LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.

Attention:Sir/Madam,

We happily announce to you the draw of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL, Online
Program held on 22-Nov-2005.

Your e-mail address attached to reference Number:208,ZX,11,663/UK with
Ticket Number: 99/bnk/533. which subsequently won you one of the Jackpot
prizes.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,440,772 (Two
Million Four Hundred and FortyThousand Seven Hundred and Seventytwo United
Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file L/UK/010/71/2/33

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

A random number generator using a proprietary random number generation
algorithm will select exactly 6 reference numbers from the range 1-24 with
ticket winning number from the range 1-24

To file for your claim, please contact our claims director via contact
information below;


MR. WILSON PETERS,
CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 7031966502
Fax: +44 8709124466
Email: claimsdirector@excite.com

You must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this
correspondence.

Congratulation once again from me, and members of staff of the LOTTERY UK
INTERNATIONAL and it is our hope that you

participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
KATHY JAMESON
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL LOTTERY INFORMATIONS FROM PUBLIC AS WE WILL
NOT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE PRIVACY
AND SECURITY OF ALL OUR WINNER.

THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF THE LOTTERY UK
INTERNATIONAL


Anti-fraud resources: