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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • harrywayne247@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harry wayne" <harrywayne05@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:53:35 +0000
Subject: business proposal, urgent reply is needed

FROM: Mr Harrison Wayne
ADDRESS: 128 Dove claim Street,
Luton Lane, London England.
harrywayne247@yahoo.co.uk

DEAREST FRIEND,

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

My name is Harrison Wayne, I am working with a bank here in the United
Kingdom.
I am contacting you for a business transfer, of a huge sum of money
from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
Will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end Of the
day.
I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION; I am the account officer of a foreigner named GERALD WELSH who
died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st of October 1999 in an
Egyptian aircraft 990 with Other passengers on board. You can confirm this
from The website below which was published by CNN WEBSITE.
<http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair.01/>

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to Make claims for this
money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself and
his wife (May Their soul rest in peace).
We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim
as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our Banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to The deceased, as all documentations will be carefully Worked out
by me for the funds of Twelve million, five hundred thousand pounds
(£12,500,000. 00) to Be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of
Kin, Because after four to five years the money will be called back to the
bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the fund will be shared amongst the
directors of the bank. So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his
name shall be used as the [next of kin] or beneficiary to this funds rather
than allow The bank directors share this money amongst themselves at the end
of the year.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order
of mandamus to locate any of the Deceased beneficiaries and no one was
found. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our
mutual business Endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if
you are interested.

[1.] A BENEFICIARY NAME, In order for me to prepare the Document for
transfer of the funds in your name.
[2]. DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS, For our personal Contact and mutual
trust in each other.
[3] YOU HAVE TO SCAN AND SEND ME YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY FOR MORE
CLERIFICATION.
[4] SEND TO ME ALL YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION, [e.g] YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBERS
AND BANK ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.
[5] YOUR BANK TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
[6] YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SWIFT CODE, it will enable the said fund come into
your destinated account directly.
I shall be compensating you with 10 percent of the Whole funds on final
conclusion of this Project for your assistance while the balance £11.25
Million Pounds(Eleven Million Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) shall
be for me for investment Purposes.

Finally i have decided to retire after the Conclusion of this transaction.
If this proposal is Acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me
Immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in
you.
I await your urgent mail via my private mail Box below and above.

REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE MAIL BOX: harrywayne247@yahoo.co.uk

Best regards,

Mr harrison Wayne

_________________________________________________________________
The new MSN Search Toolbar now includes Desktop search!
http://join.msn.com/toolbar/overview

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam