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"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.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "loter" <netherland_credit@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 06:03:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contact our payment office






Kind Attention :winner

Re: Award winning processing and remittance of your winnin fund.

We are in receipt of your mail to STAATSLOTERIJ NL Netherlands. Your forwarded mail detailed below is in accordance to the winning numbers we have in our computer.

Ticket number: STNL-6-0812-NL, withReference number: STNL-WF99-5NLBatch number: STNL-3T9T-3NLSecurity file number: STNL-8801/707NL

Furthermore, Your winning payment will be process and remitted through our European liaison office (Santaluz Security Company S.A Madrid Spain). To that regards, you are advice to contact (Mr.David Lemmes the detailed needed information and contactnumber below.

1.Name:...............................................................

2.Address:............................................................

3.MaritalStatus:.....................................................

4.Occupation:.........................................................

5.Age:...............................................................

6.Sex:................................................................

7.Nationality:........................................................

8.Country:...........................................................

9.TelephoneNumber:....................................................

10.FaxNumber:......................................................

11)Account information for credit:……………………………………………………………………….

Mr.David Lemmes Director, Santaluz Security Company Madrid Spain. Email:security_ac@cashette.comTelphone:+34-606-089-732Fax line +34-940-467-438

Soon as you confirm the above information to our liaison office ,Mr David Lemmes will direct you on your winning processing and remittance requirement. You should not fail to contact this office if need be and you should as well follow up Mr David Lemmes instructions to enable a smooth processing and remittance of your winning fund to any of your nominated account.Finally, you should not fail to remember my good work to you when you must have received your winning transfer in your nominated account and you should always keep your winning very secret to yourself until you receive your winning fund in your nominated account to avoid any dive ration or having a double claim. Your urgent cooperation and understanding is needed to all the above regards.

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Theo M. Dykstra Esq.

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