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: "Royal Dutch Web lotto" <valpfss@libero.it>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:32:52
Subject: Your lucky draw win notice

ROYAL DUTCH WEB LOTTO®
Hoogoordreff, 1027 AA,
Amsterdam.
The Netherlands.

Ref. 21/1017-Ai/06.
Dispatch date - -19/10/2006

Sir/Madam,

DRAW 1017 WIN NOTICE

The Royal Dutch Free Lotto® is a program by Netherlands Lottery and we are pleased to inform you that your email address has won you a lucky draw in our free web, no stake lotto program. In draw 1017, your email address attached to ticket numbers 4704105494 with serial number 1025527 and drew lucky numbers 11/25/36/08/22/47/ with bonus number 17, thereby winning second category prize money. It has therefore qualified you for a lump sum pay out of €2, 500,000 (two million, five hundred thousand Euros). CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Initial 750,000 personal and company email address were extracted and taken through three stages of elimination and qualification. Owners of participating email addresses were not pre-informed; which was why you had no prior knowledge before this win.

If you accept this win, do acknowledge by sending your full name and contact telephone, preferably cell phone number to Jansen Koenraad at email address rdwl.win@libero.it for indexing of your personal data against win preparatory to your claim of prize money.

CAUTION: - All winnings must be claimed within two weeks of this notice. Thereafter, winning is considered declined and prize money reverted for subsequent draws. Wins that are enmeshed in conflicts of double claims and controversies will be nullified. Winners are therefore strongly advised to be most discreet with their winning information. Furthermore, should there be any change in address, do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of the program.

Yours sincerely,

Houwen Weygel.
Administrator

NB: In sending you this notification, your email address is not revealed. This is a precautionary measure against interception of information or wrongful delivery. Do acknowledge receipt as you are the rightful and intended recipient.

Disclaimer: a lot of fraudulent lotto operatives are circulating win notices and claiming to be acting for or in the interest of The Royal Dutch Free Lotto® We state categorically here that such claims are false and misleading. If you have received any email with such claim, forward it us for complaints to be lodged with appropriate authorities.

ROYAL DUTCH FREE LOTTO®


Anti-fraud resources: