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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge deposit" (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)
  • "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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Williams" <danielss482@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: danielwilliams_222@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:14:13 +0100
Subject: Reply Me Asap.... Radley





>From The Desk of; Barrister Daniel Malele
{Solicitor&Advocate}JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.

I am Barrister Daniel Malele,a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney
to Mr.Brian Radley,a national of your country,possibly could be your
brother,who used to work with shell Development Company in South Africa.
Here inafter shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2002,
my client,his wife and their two Children were involved in a auto crash in a
remote village called Durban in Johannesburg.

All occupants of the car unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy here in Johannesburg to locate any of
my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my client before they get confiscated,frozen or declared
unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were
lodged.Particularly, Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA) where the
deceased had an account valued at about Seven million United States Dollars
(USD7,000,000:00).The management has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account frozen within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years now
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at
USD7,000,000:00 can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money.
60% to me and 40% to you I have all the necessary legal documents that can
be used to back up any claim we may make.And this I must do to make sure
that this fund is not wasted or end up in the wrong hands.All I require is
your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that
this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law.

Best Regards,
Barrister Daniel Malele

_________________________________________________________________
Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free!
http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam