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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jeff Holt" <jeff_holt@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jeffholt@aidiary.com
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:59:33 +0200
Subject: Urgent.

Dear Friend,

My name is Henry Schot. I work with SNS Bank in the Netherlands
(www.snsbank.nl <http://www.snsbank.nl>) as a group head, treasury department. In the discharge
of my duty, I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained
dormant for three good years now with a total sum of Twelve Million
United State Dollars in it [$12 Million USD].

On my personal investigation, I discovered that the account holder died
in car crash accident with his entire member family who should be the
next of kin. I am writing you so that we can work together to remit this
amount of money into your own private and personal account. I will
present you to my bank as the beneficiary/next of kin to the deceased;
hence the depositor is a foreigner and has no trace to be found after
several attempts were made.

It is simple work, which will take a short while to process,Aside this,
bank management will confiscate this amount as unclear effect and send
it back to the Netherlands Deposit Insurance Cooperation Account.
If I hear from you, I will detail you more about the money and the
operational method we can use to effect the remittance of the money
directly into your desired/located bank account.

I want you to know that this business is for our mutual benefits I have
therefore agreed to give you 40% of the total amount while 55% comes to
me, set aside 5% for expenses that may occur during the transaction
process.

I will also use my upper position to make sure that all the process
goes successfully without any hitch.

I will await your urgent response.Please for security reasons,I want
you to reply to my alternative email box: jeffholt@aidiary.com


Best Regards,
Jeff Holt.
[Chief Head Treasury Department SNS Bank ,Den Haag Office].

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam