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 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 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.
  • annmotene2za@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Anne Motene" <anne.motene@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:35:38 +0200
Subject: GBF INTERNATIONAL INC.


GBF INTERNATIONAL INC.
THE FREE LOTTO COMPANY
SA HEAD OFFICE
SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
CENTRAL SANDTON
JOBURG SOUTH AFRICA
Dear Winner,
My name is Mrs. ROSE MFULA, and on the behalf of GBF
INTERNATIONAL/FREELOTTO COMPANY OF SOUTH AFRICA, I
wish to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in
the Free Lotto draw held on the 16th of May 2006.All
10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a
batch of 50,000,000 international emails. Your email
address emerged along side
9 others as a 2nd category winner in this year's
Annual Free Lotto Draw.
Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a
total pay out of 750,000.00 US Dollars ( Seven Hundred
and Fifty Thousand US Dollars only).The following
particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) Email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: FL09622SA
(iv) The file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/SA
Please contact the under listed claims officer as soon
as possible for the immediate release of your
winnings:
MR. JONATHAN MORGAN
NORTHGATE CONSULTS
DEPARTMENT OF CLAIMS.
COLDHARBOUR LANE
JOBURG,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL/FAX: + 27-83-341-3330
EMAIL: annmotene2za@hotmail.com
This email notification is auto-generated and it is
valid for four weeks. Once again on behalf of all our
staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Sincerely,
Mrs. ROSE MFULA
The Free Lotto Awards is proudly sponsored by the
Microsoft Corporation, the Intel Group, Toshiba, Dell
computers Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other
international IT companies. The free lotto internet
draw is held once in a year and is so organized to
encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million
Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.
We also encourage you to visit various website online
and take your chance to become part of our daily
winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of
the world's most famous free lotto service. Become
part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily
basis on one of the
world's most famous free lotto service.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam