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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011128899 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • claim_agent_peter@yahoo.com.mx (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter Hill <claim_agent_peter@email-me.cc>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 02:26:27 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER!!!


This Year the UK National Lottery Is Paying Out £1.7 Billion


The National Lottery
3 B Olympic Way
Liverpool, L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
www.uklotto.com


Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Lucky Numbers 04 10 14 21 32 49


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

National U.K Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot

lottery international program by Great Britain held on 13th July 2006. Your email account

have been picked as a winner of ONE MILLION POUNDS ONLY.

This results is now released to you on 31ST August 2006 and your email address

attached in the Be advise to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been

processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.


All winning must be claimed not later than 30th september 2006. After this date all

unclaimed funds will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to

avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference

number in all correspondence.



You are therefore advised to give the following information:
1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.
4.Occupation.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users

program. How to claim your prize, contact the uk lottery claiming agent with th information

below.


Customer Service Unit
AGENT: Mr Peter Hill
Email: claim_agent_peter@yahoo.com.mx

Phone: +44 701 112 8899.


Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,


Executives.(Euro Lottery Intern.)

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van

Der Weijden

(Manager Domestic Banking

Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs.

Sandra Murphy

(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole

(Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).


Copyright 2006 British Lottery International

MRS JULIE VAN HANS,
(VICE PRESIDENT)





CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended

only for the

use of the intended recipient(s)and may contain information that is privileged,

confidential and

prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam