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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • amadibruno@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bruno=20Amadi?= <amadibruno@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: amadibruno@cashette.com
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:59:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Compliments,


Ich habe eine neue E-Mail-Adresse!Ich bin jetzt unter folgender E-Mail-Adresse zu erreichen: amadibruno@yahoo.de

Compliments,

I am Bruno Amadi of credit and foreign bills of Ecobank Plc.

I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash (Korean Air Flight 801) with the whole passengers aboard on august 6, 1997.

Since the death of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but none has come forth to put a claim to the FOURTEEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND USD ($14.6m) which has been with my branch since the money was banked with us.

I decided to contact you to put claim of the fund as the next of kin since no one has shown up. The money will be recalled and handed over to the government as required by our banking ethics which does not allow such money to stay more than nine years after the death of the depositor.

I will give you 35% of the total sum.

Note that this transaction is hitch free so do not entertain any form of fear as all modalities for the transfer of the fund can be finalized within 10 banking days, after you apply to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you the procedures and way forward to the immidiate claim.

Thanks and regards,

- Bruno Amadi

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam