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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• 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.
  • fiduciaryfindings@easy.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bar Emmanuel Obinna <emmaobi20@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!



CLICK ON THE AAL LOGO TO ENTER SITE
ANGLO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Headquarters Anglo American Campus Thames Valley

Park Reading RG6 1WG England

Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914

Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04

Batch: 12/27/Du34



RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAW



Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of ANGLO AMERICAN INTERNET LOTTERY PROMOTIONAL
INTERNATIONAL.


CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION





Dear Winner,



We happily announce to you the draw of the Anglo American internet promotional international Lottery held on 9th April 2006 in Essex United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: B9564 75604545 188 with! Serial number 97560 drew the winning lucky number: 02/15/20/24/32/47/Bonus Ball(29) which subsequently won you the lottery in the first category.



You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of UK£2,000,000,00 (TWO MILLION UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US$20,000,000,00( Million POUNDS ) , shared among the(10)lucky winners in this category world-wide.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our promotional international Lottery representative office in South Africa as indicated in your coupon. In view of this your,UK£2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS ) would be released to you by Our paying bank in African ,our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 20,000,000,00 companies and individuals email addresses allover the world.



Be informed that the ANGLO AMEICAN INTERNET PROMOTION Chapter is a promotion aimed at internet globalization before the year 2010, thereby empowering internet literacy with its headquarters in London - United Kingdom.



This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim ,contact our corresponding agent in South Africa immediately you read this message via telephone or email address below.

contact information is as follow:

***********************************************

BARRISTER AUSTIN MICHAEL.

Accredited Agent AAL.

ADDRESS: 3012 William Nicol Drive Bryanston Johannesburg 2191

South Africa.



\Email: fiduciaryfindings@easy.com
***********************************************

You are advised to contact the agents fiduciary via E-mail for notification as soon as you send your information.



NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference

and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your

correspondence with your claims fiduciary.

REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04

BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD



Sincerely



Barrister Emmanuel Obinna.

Online promotion coordinator



Sir. Steve Ballmer .

Chief Executive Officer, AAL Corporation

Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the AAL International Lottery Board Commission


Mrs.Mariska Nowak. Dr.Peter W. Alexandra Sir. Steve Ballmer
(UKOnline Co-ordinator Sec.)(Zonal Co-ordinator RSA.) (CEO.AAL.Corporation.)



All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline


100860 8556 2548 9576ZA




---------------------------------


---------------------------------
Why keep checking for Mail? The all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta shows you when there are new messages.

---------------------------------
Open multiple messages at once with the all new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam