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"
• 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.
  • +447031840919 (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.
  • transglobe_fundagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr david mcdonald" <geotrustfundorguk@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:15:47 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION OF THREE MILLION POUNDS STERLING £3,000,000.00GBP

RANSGLOBE INERNATIONAL LOTTERY.INC
           UNITED KINGDOM PROMOTION MANAGER
               corporate  headquarters, 

                Transglobe boards,P.O.Box220  

                      MANCHESTER CITY  
                                 

 

Security Code No.ULI/APRXX/05
Ref: TR/9420X/68
Batch: 07405/ZY369
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC
TEL: +447031840919

 

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 1ST  SEPTEMBER, 2006

from the Transglobe 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: 5647560054 ,serial number: 5360/02 .This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of £3,000,000.00.(THREE
MILLION GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of £3,000,000.00GBP.

 

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotionsprogram which is conducted annually.

 

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

 

 

 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, Simply contact , Mr FRANK POWER , He will be incharge of directing you on how to claim your winning prize. you are to act as instructed.

you are to fill and submit the below infomation  to  EMAIL:;transglobe_fundagent@yahoo.com
  

FULL NAMES_______________
 
HOUSE ADRESSES_________________
 
AMOUNT WON______________ 
 
COUNTRY__________________
 
TEL NUMBER_______________ 

 

OCCUPATION__________________

 

SEX___________________
 
AGE______________________

 

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed a month after recieving this winning notification.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
MRS Tracy Kennedy. (co-ordinator)

 

TRANSGLOBE.   INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY .INC, united kingdom .

 

---

FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar MSN Toolbar Get it now! --

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam