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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • hooper@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "neilhoopernk@terra.es" <neilhoopernk@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:22:13 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: please getback to me



Mr. Neil Hooper
Private Bankers
London


Dearest,

I got your contact on my search for a reliable and trustworthy person with =
whom I can share an urgent business thought. The contents of this mail may =
sound strange; however, I want to assure you that every word of it is true.=
I am Mr. Neil Hooper, the former credit officer of one of the leading Brit=
ish based private investment banks. I have a concealed business suggestion =
for you, if it meets your favor.

Before the plane crash that killed Mrs. Dimka Ilkova Boskovic on February 2=
6, 2004; Dimka Ilkova Boskovic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic=
of Macedonia and also a business woman, made a fixed deposit for 12 calend=
ar months, with a value of Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State=
s Dollars Only, in my bank. My appointment at the bank was terminated when =
I disclosed to the British Treasury Department officials, who were on routi=
ne inspection of my banks record, that the above funds have been dormant fo=
r the past two years and should be declared as unclaimed funds. Before this=
incidence, the board of directors of my bank adopted a resolution mandatin=
g me, as the account officer to Mrs.Dimka Ilkova Boskovic, to contact her n=
ext of kin so that her funds can be transferred to them. I was unable to ge=
t any of her next of kin because Mrs. Dimka Ilkova Boskovic did not declare=
any next of kin in all her official account documents which includes the =
deposit slip. And she also confided in me that no one except me knew of the=
deposit in my bank. This has made it impossible to locate or appoint any o=
f her relation as next of Kin. Now the sum of Nine Million, Eight Hundred T=
housand United State Dollars is still lying in the bank vault and no one wi=
ll ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that the bank dir=
ectors, will in the next one month invoke the abandoned property acts of 19=
91 to confiscate and declare the funds 'unclaimed' after the expiration of =
the mandatory period which will soon come to pass.=20

Despairing at the point of exhaustiveness, I was fortunate to come across y=
our name in my search for someone to confide in. My proposal is that you st=
and as the next of kin to Mrs. Dimka Ilkova Boskovic while I provide you wi=
th all the necessary documents and information that will enable you put in =
a successful application. Once you contact the bank as the next of kin and =
submit the documents that I will make available, the Bank shall then make p=
ayment of the funds to you. This will stop these evil directors from confis=
cating the funds. With the documents and information relating to the funds =
which I now have at my disposal, with the help of my friend in the bank, no=
thing will ever stop you from succeeding in claiming this deposit in the ne=
xt two weeks if we apply with your name.=20

All we require to succeed is your honest cooperation, trust and assurance t=
hat you will not cheat me out of the deposit when payment is made to you. T=
he application will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will pr=
otect you and me, from any breach of the law. Be Inform also, that we shall=
share the funds in the ratio 70% for me and 25% for you, while 5% should b=
e for expenses and tax as I understand you may need to pay taxes on the fun=
ds when it gets to your country.=20

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this=
issue. I will disclose more information to you as soon as you signify your=
interest. Your earliest response to this letter via my private email (neil=
_hooper@myway.com) will be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Mr. Neil Hooper.





Ahora tambi&eacute;n puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el m&oacute;vil=
.

Inf&oacute;rmate pinchando aqu&iacute;.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam