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.

 

 

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

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Rosella Marthins <info_gt_lo@mail.win.it>
Reply-To: hansg200@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:18:04 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION(CONGRATULATION!!!)


SUPER ENAL LOTTO INTERNATIONAL
REF:PL2/209318/09 BATCH:18/103/HME.
Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 17th march, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber 436425795822-5022with serial number 6614102, batch number 8561513507,lottery ref number 7675213911 and drew lucky numbers 7-9-4-17-34-44 which consequently won in the 1st category,you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (€1.ooo.ooo.oo One Million Euro) CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarrantedabuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, Chairman of the World Largest software marker, Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an Emaillotto. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: ==============================================================
Mr. Gideon Hans.
ATLAS FINANCIAL SERVICES .
EMAIL.hansg200@netscape.net
=============================6=================================
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10th April 2006, . After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be anychange of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody that is unable to meet up with his/her claim before the stipulated deadline will be automatically disqualified.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Rosela marthins.
Lottery Coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources: