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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "tax clearance" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "inland revenue board" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "levy " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "inland revenue board" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +447045706483 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • infoatchase@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CHASE COURIERS LIMITED <infoatchase@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:42:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Valued Customer,




CHASE COURIERS SERVICE.
2 HAYDONS ROAD,SW191HL,
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM
(ORDER NO:00931/87)



Dear Valued Customer,

With regards to your mail, I must inform you that your are one of the lucky winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:15-23-27-38-44-49(bonus no.34), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £100,983 (one hundred thousand,nine hundred and eighty-three pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £1,817,694 shared amongst the eighteen (18) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus! bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

We are the affiliate courier company of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD whose duty is to deliver winnings to respected winners of the NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO. Your winnings cannot be delivered to you due to the fact that a STOP ORDER has been placed on it pending when we receive approval from the Inland Revenue Department here in the UK. Your been a non UK resident was called to question and an Inland Revenue receipt was demanded from us to show if you you have made any official tax payments permitting such transfer of monies from the UK. Also, due to the incessant terrorist attacks and drug threat, we were also requested to produce a drug free/terrorist free certificate to ascertain the source of the money. This however is a new law from the Inland revenue department, and has taken us unaware.
The board concluded on the payment of tax clearance fee which must be levied on all non-UK CITIZEN.The details of the levy for non-uk citizen will be sent to you by UK BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE who has impounded the delivery packages.

In lights of the above I will advice you contact UK INLAND REVENUE BOARD for the payment of your tax clearance fee to enable that start the processing of the release of your funds to you as soon as possible.

CHASE COURIER SERVICE advice you to always keep her informed on any discussion you may have with the uk inland revenue board through the administrative/despatch officer.
I anticipate your prompt response.


Regards,
MR.LES RICHESEON (ADMINISTRATIVE/DISPATCH OFFICE)
Phone number:+447045706483.
Email:infoatchase@yahoo.co.uk






---------------------------------
Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up for your freeaccount today.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam