joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: pamela brown <pamela@pamelabrown.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:35:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Ticket number:05-32-44-45-50


Ticket number:05-32-44-45-50
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT
REFERENCE NUMBERS:
Batch number106285612
Ticket number:05-32-44-45-50 (01-07) ,
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the first Category draws of the Euro Millions. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the first Category, which is part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
1,000,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:05-32-44-45-50(01-07) with Batch numbers:10-62-85-612
Drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of ONE MILLION EUROS (1,000,000.00) in cash credited to
reference number:05-32-44-45-50(01-07) made available from a total cash
prize of 13 Million EUROS, shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky
winners in this category. This year"s Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest . The estimated 13 million EUROS jackpots would be the third-biggest in history of our lottery program. Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. ONE MILLION EUROS (1.M EUROS)
would be released to you by our approved paying bank in the Netherlands.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Be informed that winnings are deposited with the European Central Bank according to the rules and regulattions of the program and the paying bank will
be responsible for the remittance of funds to winners.This is in your best interest to
aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
NOTE: As a part of ensuring immediate remittance of funds to winners,The organisers have given strict instructions to laagstebanksnl on remittance of winnings to winners.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non-participants of this program.
Please contact your accreditted paying Bank immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:You are advised to contact the Bank immediately by email.
Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.NOTE: For easy refference and identification, find below your Refference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote with your paying Bank.REFERENCE NUMBERs:05-32-44-45-50(01-07) Batch numbers:10-62-85-612.
Send the following to the paying bank for verifications:
Your full names:
Telephone numbers and fax:
Winning and batch numbers:
NATIONALITY:
Ticket numbers:
To file for your claim,please contact Laagsteheypotheekofferte BankForeign operations manager
.***********************************************
Mr:Otto Bruderer
Laagsteheypotheekofferte Bank
karspeldreef 6a 1101cj Amsterdarm, Netherlands
E:MAIL : services44ab@aim.com
:Tel:0031-616-217-896
Fax:0031-847--249-965.
***********************************************
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours,
Pamela Brown
International Co-ordinator .

Anti-fraud resources: