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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "johnhoward61" <johnhoward61@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:45:09 -0600
Subject: GET BACK TO ME NOW


DEAR GOOD FRIEND
I am John Howard Executive Director, Account, Treasury and International Operations of Fidelity Bank of Nigeria, I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. In October, 2001, a friend of mine Mr. Xu Guojun the EX Bank Manager of Kaiping Branch of Bank of China came with his wife Ms. Li Guojun and Made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit valued at US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in my bank however Ms. Li Guojun and Mr. Xu Guojun and two other staff of Bank of China was declared wanted by Chinese Government, because of $480,000,000.00 (Four Hundred and Eighty Million United States Dollars) that was stolen by the three of them from Bank of China. You may use these links for some information.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200208/25/eng20020825_102035.shtml
http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/62.html
http://caijing.hexun.com/english/detail.aspx?issue=140&sl=2482&id=1294725
In June, 2002, Ms. Li Guojun was arrested and killed by the Government, because she was a Falun Dafa Practitioner, an activist group that was against the Chinese Government. http://clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/6/20/23326.html
http://www.faluninfo.net/displayAnArticle.asp?ID=5877. This sum of
US$18,500,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank.

However, attempts have been made twice by the Government Agency concerned to confiscate this account since the expiration of the five years if not for my intervention as the head account and audit department. As I have always told them that the next of kin has been in touch with us. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and for you acting like a relation is an express ticket for us making it
in this transaction.

Get back to me so that I can give you more details and
how to proceed.

Best regards,
John Howard

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam