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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024078510 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • lottory_dept@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Van Gouh" <mr_van_gouh19902@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: lottory_dept@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:41:36 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WAS PICKED FOR THE $ 5 MILLION DOLLARS DRAW!!!







FREE AWARD DEPT.
16 Broad Street,
Woolich, Middle Essex
United Kingdom.
London.
www.freelotto.com
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
WINNING NOTIFICATION
This is to notify you of the release of the lottery winning, held on the
15th
of March 2006.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 16th of
March, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 703218509 under
agent ID: 10 and lucky ball number, which subsequently won you the lottery
in
the 2nd category.

(34) (45) (07) lucky ball number (05) (06) (04)



You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of $5,000,000.00
(FIVE Million DOLLARS) in cash drawn
in your favor, as the soul beneficiary and covered with the HIGHEST LEVEL OF
INSURANCE POLICY called the IRREVOCABLE GURANTY BOUND. That makes the prize
NON-DEDUCTABLE Due to mix up of some names and winning number, For security
reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from
the
public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid dual claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

You are to be rest assured on how you are a winner, when you never played
any.
Is because all participants were selected through our Microsoft computer
ballot
draw system. And as far as you use the Internet. Microsoft we help us
extracted
over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world.To process your claims you are hereby advice to
contact
the The promotions Lottery director MR VAN GOUH with this information:

NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:..............................
NATIONALITY:........................
SEX:.....................................
AGE:.....................................
PHONE/MOBILE:.......................
FAX:.....................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
COMPANY:..............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:.......
A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL
PASPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE....................


VAN GOUH
TEL: +44702 407 8510
FAX: +0870 068 7417
EMAIL:lottory_dept@yahoo.com.hk

Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 2
weeks
(14 days) of their winning notification.
And also I want to inform you that we are not like other lottery company
that
wants to steal your hard earn money .
Because this lottery program is open for investigation and verification


Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon
as possible.
The Free Award lottery company is proudly sponsored by an Oil company.
Located
in Saudi Arabia and also the Free Award, Internet draw is held once in a
year
and it is organized, because we want to encourage the use of Internet round
the
world.
And we are proud to say that over 50 Million Dollars is won annually
in more than 150 countries worldwide.


DECLARATION:I
(DR/MR/MRS/MS)..................................................................
........................................
hereby declare that the above data are true of me. I shall adhere strictly
to
intructions aimed at facilitating the processing and transfer of my prize
money
to my designated account and in event of any unforeseen circumstance my next
of
kin has the full rigth to collect my price.

Signature..............................................................
Date..............................................

Thank you once more for your participating with us once more.

Your Sincerely,
Mr., George Peterson,
Public Relations Officer.



OUR Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson
(Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr.
Stephen
Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).



--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam