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.
• 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.
  • worldwidelotery@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "worldwidelottery" <worldwidlottery@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:47:45 +0700
Subject: Winning Notification

 

 

 

Re: CLAIM/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT DRAWS FOR CATEGORY "B"

 

Lucky Winner,

 

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second Category draws of the WORLDWIDE LOTTERY.

We are glad to inform you that you have emerged as a winner under the second Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were officially released on the 21th of December 2006. Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from 160.000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle-East and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, instead of the number jackpot system.

Your e-mail address, attached to Batchnumber CJ59/K748SP/Q46 and ticketnumber 4693907719 consequently won in the Second Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of ? 1.000.000,- (One Million Euro), which is the winning payout for Category B winners.

In your best interest, to avoid 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 processing of your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claim or unscrupulous acts by Participants/non-participants of this program.

You have to contact our office through e-mail, our website or phone, if you want to know what to do next. We will tell you the exact procedure of the price claim and how you will receive your winning price.

We also have our own website: WorldWideLottery Here you can read more information, confirm your batchnumber (very important!!!) and read stories of our recent winners.

Remember to quote you batchnumber and ticketnumber in correspondance with our office:

Ticketno.: 4693907719

Batchno.: CJ59/K748SP/Q4

Kindly contact us with the below information:

************************************************************* ***************

Office: WorldWidelottery

Kuilenstraat 11a

6231 A.T. Maastricht

The Netherlands

Phone: 0031619539380

fax: 0031433520451

e-mail: worldwidelotery@aim.com

Website: http://www.worldwidelottery.nl

************************************************************* ****************

You are advised to come personally to file in your claim. However, if you can't travel due to personal reasons, then please contact our approval attorney (VAN DER VALK ADVOCATEN) immediately to process and for remittance of your price.

Information about our approved attorney and his address and phonenumber are to be found at our website.

 

NOTE: All claims are nullified after 21 working days from your first contact with your attorney if not responded to, and participants below the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.

 

Yours Sincerely,

Linda Pisters

(Lottery Coordinator)

 

 

--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam