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: RESULT BOARD <frb00003@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:33:38 -0400
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


The U.K. National Lottery12 Bridge Street,Staines Middlesex TW18 4TPUnited Kingdom.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Ref: Uk/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #07/1073) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International Program held on WEDNESDAY 22ND AUGUST 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01 02 16 22 26 49 15[Bonus Ball]Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £629,195.00(SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE BRITISH POUNDS ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £6,291,950.00(SIX MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BRITISH POUNDS),shared among 10 participants in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £629,195.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE BRITISH POUNDS ) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent via email:
Mr. RAY COLLINS Claims DepartmentThe UKNL FoundationEmail: claimsprocessing@iwon.comTel: + (44) 702 305 4705 + (44) 702 305 4707
with the following vital information:Full Name:..........................Full Address:.......................Nationality:........................Occupation:.......................Age:....................................Sex:........................................Marital status:..........................Winning numbers:......................Batch number:.............................Amount won:.............................Email address:...................................Phone number{land/mobile}:.........
so that he can commence the process of your funds remittance.
Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Warm regards,SIR PHILIP M.D SPENCER.Online Coordinator for the U.K. National Lottery.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERYCOPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED


_________________________________________________________________
Messenger Café — open for fun 24/7. Hot games, cool activities served daily. Visit now.
http://cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_AugWLtagline

Anti-fraud resources: