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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "sampson" <sampson-edeh@excite.com>
Reply-To: sampson1@myway.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 06:39:02 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: from Mr.Sampson


My Dear Friend,LETTER OF REQUESTI am Mr.SAMPSON EDEH, the Auditor of STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC [stb]. I have an obscured business suggestion for you. One of our clients/personal friend, Late Mr. Kim Sean unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash on January 31st 2000 including his wifeand his only daughter.Late Mr. Kim Sean is a foreigner and the manager of Granite Minning Nig, a chemical engineer by profession and he died since the year 2000. No other person knows about this accountor anything concerning it. After further investigation it was also discovered that Mr. Kim Sean's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, hence the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well that his company does not knowanything about this account and the amount involved is $5 million US Dollar.I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Mr. Kim Sean. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount, while 60%
will be for me.Let me have your private Telephone/Fax [2]your full name/locationplease reply me to my private email: sampson1@myway.comYours Truly,Mr.Sampson Edeh.

_______________________________________________
Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com
The most personalized portal on the Web!

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam