joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: evi johnson <evi_johnson-61@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:31:04 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON.















BELGISHE LOTTERY RESULT.
(ACCREDITTED LICENSED AGENT)
RUE BELLIARD 25-33
1040 BRUSSEL.
Belgium Lotto Result.

www.belgischelotto.be
Batch Number:57/8703/3PDCredited file Number:EGS56/50071245/25




CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON/CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENTATTENTION. TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAMSir/Mrs,We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on the 2nd June 2007, In which email addresses were used, it is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 738-13465550-7--798 with serial number 8052-79 drew lucky numbers 8-10-25-30-32-49 which consequently won in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 1,000,000.00 Euros (ONE MILLION EUROS).CONGRATULATIONS!!! .This is from a total cash prize of (Thirty Million Euros) shared among the thrity international winners in this category.CONGRATULATIONS!!!Due to mix up of some numbers and names,we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice untill the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remittedto your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 25,000 company and 40,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.This promotional program takes place every year, the lottery was promoted and sponsored by belgium lottery to compensate some few individuals with website and email addresses.We also wish to bring to your notice of our next year premium stakes draw where you stand a chance of winning up to 50.000.000 Euros (FIFTY MILLION EUROS) We hope that with a part of your prize you will participate in it.Your fund is now deposited with in a bank under a fixed deposit bond policy insured to you by our financial agent. To file for your claim please contact our financial agent.
(E.U) Foriegn operations manager,Mr Fred Edward.Email:belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net
Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 12th June 2007. After this date all nclaimed funds will be included in the nextstake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your credited file number and Batch numbers in all correspondence.Please attach your phone and fax number. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.Sincerely yours,Lotto Co-ordinatorMrs. Evi JohnsonNOTE:REPLY TO OUR (E.U) FORIEGN OPERATION MANAGER.Mr Fred Edward.Email:belgiumlotto2006@netscape.net

Tel:+32-485-561-097







































An Eynsham mother scooped a Lotto jackpot fortune of €742,185,50 Euros on 23rd December 2006, thanks to her dedicated grandparents.







Copyright ,1994-2007 The Belgishe Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
77635 476378 255667460
_________________________________________________________________
Make every IM count. Download Windows Live Messenger and join the i’m Initiative now. It’s free. 
http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGWL_June07

Anti-fraud resources: