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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • barrduwu@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?don=20uwuor?= <barrduwu@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: barrdonuwuo@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:51:34 +0530 (IST)
Subject: BARRISTER DON UWUOR


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: barrduwu@yahoo.co.in

URGENT REPLY

FROM THE DESK OF: BARRISTER DON UWUOR

3 Allen Ave. Ikeja. Lagos - Nigeria

Dear Friend,


INTRODUCTION: I am BARRISTER Don Uwuor a Solicitor. I am the Personal

Attorney to MR. ADAMS national of your country, who used to work with

CADBURY NIGERIA LIMITED, On the 21st of April 2004, my client, his wife

and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu /

Lagos Express Road.


Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the accident,

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate anyof my

clients extended relatives, this has alsoprovedunsuccessful.After these

several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over

the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I

contacted you. I contacted you to assist in retrieving the money and

property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or

declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.


Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at

about US$10.5M (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United Stated Dollars).

Conseqently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or

have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the

the relatives for over 2 years now.


I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased

since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account

valued at US$10.5MD can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.

50% to me and 40% to you,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your

government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to

back up any claim we may make.


All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal

through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate

arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please

direct your reply through this alternative mailbox if you are intreseted to

enable us discuss further.


Yours Faithfully,


BARRISTER Don Uwuor (Esq.)


N.B. Please indicate your contact address, telephone, fax numbers for

easy communication in this mutual transaction.










- don uwuor

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam