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.
  • leedbv@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTO.NL" <infol2006gppgaiu@zwallet.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:21:08 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTO

LOTTO.NL
Patenleen 23, 2288ee Rijwik
Den Haag, th<SPAN>e Netherlands.
</SPAN>(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents)<STRONG>. </STRONG>
From: Doris Cole (Lotto Coordinator)
Website: www.lotto.nl

ATTN: Y<I>O</I>U HAVE WON WON A LOTTO NL C0NTACT OUR PAYING BANK.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of th<STRONG>e</STRONG> Lotto NL Winners International programs hel<STRIKE>d</STRIKE> on the 5th July 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket #:00903228100 with prize # 778009/UK drew
1,000,000.00 which was first in the 2ndc<SPAN>lass of </SPAN>the draws. You are to receive1,000,000.00 (one Mi<S>l</S>lion Euros).Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you <B>k</B>eep your winning information confidential until your money (1,000,000.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited<SPAN> pay-point </SPAN>bank.

This mea<FONT face="Times New Roman">su</FONT>re must be adhere to avoid loss of
your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes ar<SPAN>e advised to adhere to these instructio</SPAN>ns to forestall the abuse of this program by other
participants. It<FONT face=Tahoma>'s</FONT> important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are s<STRONG>e</STRONG>lected through an internet ballot system from 60,<I>00</I>0 individual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are conducted around the world through our internet based ballot system. The promot<SPAN>ion is sp</SPAN>onsored and promoted by Lotto-NL. We congratulate you once again.
We <SPAN>hope you will u</SPAN>se part of it in our next draws, the jackpot <FONT face="MS Sans Serif">wi</FONT>nning is ?85million.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not <SPAN>later th</SPAN>an 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed cash prize w<FONT face=Arial>i</FONT>ll be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake.

Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to qu<SPAN>ote perso</SPAN>nal and winning numbers in all
correspondence with us. Congratulations once ag<FONT color=#8e1d10>a</FONT>in from al<FONT face="MS Sans Serif">l </FONT>members of Lotto NL. Thank you for being part of our promotional program.
For immediate release of your cash<SPAN> prize to yo</SPAN>u, please kindly contact our paying bank address below. S<U>e</U>nd them the following information's:

(i) Your names.
(ii) Contact telephon<S>e</S> and fax numbers.

(iii) Contact Address.
(iv) Your winning numbers.
(v) Quote <SPAN>amount </SPAN>won.
{vi} Notification Date.

Contact person: Mr. Dav<FONT color=#62 6a7>i</FONT>d Benson
Email:leedbv@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 613 924 518

Congratulation once again
Your in service,
Doris Cole (<SPAN>Lotto Coordinat</SPAN>er}

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam