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: "DAYZERS LOTTO" <dayzers10winner@aim.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 15:54:50 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION CONTACT YOUR AGENT!!!!!!


FROM THE DESK OF DAYZERS E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF: S42/04/62/01/89/ES
BATCH: 90/202/8-PD

RE: EMAIL WINNING CONFIRMATION NOTICE:

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail or your company E-mail address appears as the confirmed Winner of our last Dayzers email lottery program held on the 29th of April 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 732-881-909 with Serial
number 12/87/23 drew lucky numbers 11-30-42--50, which Consequently won in the 2nd
category, you have therefore been approved For a lump sum payment of EUR 712.000.00 Euros.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000
companies and 50,000, 000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
We ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money remitted to you.
To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our
agent:

CONTACT NAME:Mr. DERRICK ANDERSON
CITY/ COUNTRY:MARBELLA, SPAIN
FREE SERVICE NUMBER:0034-651 566 753
EMAIL:dayzersinfo@lycos.es
In respect of our commitment towards helping the less privilege, we
ask that you voluntarily contribute 1% of your Global winnings to any
charity organization you desire at your convenience.

Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 30th of May 2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Yours Sincerely,

Mr's.Abril Redondo

This email and its attachments are confidential and may contain
legally privileged information. You should not disclose the contents to
any other person. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify
the sender immediately and delete this email from your
system.


Anti-fraud resources: