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:
  • "australian lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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 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.
  • fredguann@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY FOUNDATION <australiafoundation01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fredguann@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:10:18 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON IN THE ONLINE SWEEPSTAKE




FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF N: EGS/475061725 BATCH N:05/763638/IPD RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE CONGRATULATIONS! National Australian Lottery
Incorporated wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Australia held on 25th october,
2007. Your email account have been picked as a winner
of $500,000.00} FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY.

This results
is now released to you on 27th october, 2007. and your email address
attached in the A Category. All email addresses were selected through
a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as
one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is:- .and bonus ball number . Be
advised to keep your winning information confidential {VERY
SECRET} until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to
you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by fraudulent and scampers. All
winning must be claimed not later than this week After which all
unclaimed funds will be returned to Australia as unclaimed. Please
note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence. You are therefore advised to contact your claim OFFICER in our regional branch in LONDON, HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE; Simply contact our regional office Contact Person, DR Fred Guann email.... (fredguann@yahoo.com)
by filling this form below and send it to him
to file for your claim . LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.
FULLNAME................................................. DATE OF BIRTH.................................. ADDRESS..................................................
SEX......................... AGE.................................. NATIONALITY........................................... OCCUPATION........................................... TELEPHONE.......................................... EMAIL................................................. DATE...................................................... SIGNATURE........................................... WINNER REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT. Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program. Yours in service,
Yours Sincerely, Mrs Alice Henry Executive(Australian Lottery Inc).

Dr.
P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy
(Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman). VICE PRESIDENT

_________________________________________________________________
Discover the new Windows Vista
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam