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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +66835619209 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
• 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.
  • regional_managers@oued.info (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • inforcenter@homs.cc (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Vodafone online promo management board" <vodafonepromo@vodafone.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: winners_services@sfax.ws
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:25:33 +0700
Subject: Please read this information well (Notification)

Vodafone online promo international-
In conjunction with the National Organizing committee of the 2006 FIFA World cup.,FIFA Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft 2006 Organisationskomitee Deutschland Koniginstrade 23,258969 Munchen.Tuesday 10th April 2007 02:57:01-0800

From; The Desk of the promotions Manager,
Vodafone Fifa World Cup online-promo international.
Customer service and Logistics Department.
www.vodafone.com

Reference N0: FL/668530092
Batch N0:452006/14/FIFA06/FL
Serial N0: VOD/FN/3347B

Dear winner,
We the entire board and management of Vodafone online-promo international in conjunction with the National organizing committee of the 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP wishes to congratulate you as one of the lucky selected winner of the Vodafone-FIFA online promo international held on the 28th of December 2006 in Munich ( Germany) in support of the FIFA organized World Cup.

DETAILS;
This Vodafone promotion is organized by the host country in collaboration with Football world body"FIFA"The lottery promotion takes place every four (4) years of the FIFA organized competion in conjuction with the host country.

This is the 2nd edition of the lottery program and the total sum of US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty five million United States Dollars) were released in this edition which was shared among the (100) lucky selected winner's.

Funds for the draw were contributed by the major sponsors of the game which includes-Adidas-Hyundai-Fuji-Film-Mastercard-Gillette-CocaCola-Continental-Toshiba-McDonalds and a host of others.

However, no tickets were sold, the lottery program was being conducted through computer draw system of e-mail random extractions from world-wide registered websites,all extracted e-mail addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy for final selection through computer draw system.

6.3 million e-mail addresses were extracted from world wide registered web-sites during the 33-days extraction period that ran from 12.00 AM on NOVEMBER 20,2006 until midnight, DECEMBER,9 2006 for final selection.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564002-188 drew the lucky number's which subsequently won you the "CASH PRIZE" of us$250,000.00 (Two hundred and fifty thousand United-States-Dollars) and we are sending the winning notification directly to you through the selected winning email address.

Your winners identification number is MM-52047.Your winners identification number is your PIN-CODE to claiming your prize.Approximately (80) selected lucky winners had been notified including you today (Tuesday 10th April 2007 02:57:01-0800)

BASIC QUESTION!
HOW CAN I MAKE THE CLAIM OF MY CASH PRIZE?
Your prize will be release to you by our paying bank in Asia because your winning details falls within our Asia/pacific booklet representative office as indicated in the draw system and we have forwarded your winning details to our Asia/pacific agent for the processing of your prize release papers for the release of your prize through our paying bank branch office in Asia.

Our agents has been apportioned among six geographic regions,all lucky selected winners may now contact our agents in all the designated regions for the immediate release of their prizes and will need to act on their claims application quickly before the expiration of the prize claim deadline (30th of April 2007)

TO MAKE THE CLAIM OF YOUR PRIZE,CONTACT OUR ASIA/PACIFIC AGENT VIA THIS CONTACT DETAILS;

Name: Mr. Fredrick Anderson.
Office address:Indra Tower,Suite105,75/6 Wireless Road Panthumwan Bangkok Thailand.
Tel: +66-83561-9209 +66-811-464-568
Fax: +66-2251 9977
Email: regional_managers@oued.info
Alternative Email: inforcenter@homs.cc

ANY SELECTED LUCKY PERSON BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/HER CLAIM IN PROXY THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Monica Smith.
International relations officer.
_____________________________________________________________________
PRIVACY: This correspondence may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission.

Vodafone live! Mobile TV is a great way to watch TV anywhere at any time. With the widest selection of TV channels to choose from, there's a subscription pack to suit your tastes. Visit Vodafone live! for more details <http://www.vodafone.com.au/live/> You have received this information in your mail box from Vodafone online promo management board.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam