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: Amen Zinno <azinno2007@web2mail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:07:23 -0400
Subject: YOUR WINNING CONFIRMATION.




UNICEF LOTTERY GAMING COMMISSION.
MADRID SPAIN
FROM:UNICEF AWARD DEPT.
REF: UNICEF/2010-968091/03
BATCH: 44/010/IPD

Dear Sir/Madam,

YOUR WINNING CONFIRMATION.

We are glad to inform you that your E-mail address appears as the confirmed Winner
of our last Unicef email lottery program held on the 30th May, 2007. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 20675543256-786 with Serial number 3765-75 drew
lucky numbers 7-12-18-24-32-45, which Consequently won in the 2nd category, you
have therefore been approved For a lump sum payment of Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand united states dollars (US$4.500,000.00).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
This promotional program takes place every year. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 100,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence. We also ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your
money payed to you.

Please note, all winnings must be claimed not later than 28th of July,2007, after
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

To file for your claim or for further details, please contact our fudiciary agent
Mr.Jorge Baptista on jbaptista2007@yahoo.es or jbaptista2007@web2mail.com In
respect of our commitment towards helping the less privilege, we ask that you
voluntarily contribute 1% of your Global winnings to any charity organization of
your choice in your environment.
Congratulations once more from staff and management of UNICEF LOTTERY GAMING
COMMISSION.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Amen Zinno
Global Winning coordinator.
---- Msg sent via Sunset Digital Webmail - http://mail.sunsetcom.com/

Anti-fraud resources: