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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • johnson-henry2@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sikas usman <sikasusman68@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:36:52 -1000
Subject: HSBC BANK LONDON BANK SECRETARY





ATT MR/SIR.
REF: HSBC/FG1/2007EMAIL,(johnson-henry2@excite.com)
Happy new year to you and your family i hope all is well with,please do not be scared or anything you can think regarding this mail.
Again let it not be embarrasment to you because i don,t know you and you don,t know me too talkless of seeing each other,but i believe as we proceed we will see or understand each other amicably.
Please my main aim of reaching you know is because of the over calculted fund in my bank which i am inposition to release it to any account frommy bank and the amount was (4m) FOUR MILLION POUNDS ONLY.

Meanwhile the bank is not aware of this fund ok apart fromme now the senior bank secretary in (HSBC BANK )LONDON.
Finally i want you to send me your real name and private mobile number so that we will communicate on how to pull this fund to your account and this is confidential between you and me please because this is deal opportunity come but once ok.
THANKS SIKAS USMANFOR YOU UNDERSTANDINGSENIOR BANK SECRETARYHSBC BANK LONDONWAITING.

_________________________________________________________________
Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy!
http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam