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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • clarksonaustralianlottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY" <lisaaddisson1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:24:09 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Date 21/9/2006
Ref :575061725
Batch:8056490902/188
Winning no:KB8701/LPRC
Dear Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATION!!
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 20th of
September 2006 from the Australian International Lottery Programme which is
fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses. Your name was attached to ticket number; 575061725 8056490902
serial number 6741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows:
4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won
you the lottery in the second category.You hereby have
been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00(TWOHUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)
in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash
prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United
States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa aspart of our international
promotions program which is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multi
national companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in
the commmunities where they have operational base.
Furthermore your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Amsterdam,Holland,and your prize of US$200,000.00
will be
released to you from our regional branch bureau in london. We hope with part
of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our Fiducial
Agent, Mr Leo Clarkson at;
(clarksonaustralianlottery@yahoo.com) to file for your claim .
Please quote your : Date of draw,
Reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left
corner of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to
help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to
keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is
processed and your prize has been released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 4th of October 2006; otherwise
all funds will be returned as unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winning! Best
Regards.
MRS LISA ADDISON (For the co-ordinator)
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT
[clarksonaustralianlottery@yahoo.com] ENSURE
YOU TYPE THE EMAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO ENSURE SAFE & QUICK
MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS
WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

_________________________________________________________________
Add fun gadgets and colorful themes to express yourself on Windows Live
Spaces
http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.get.live.com/spaces/features

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam