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:
  • "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Atty. Devis Thomas" <attydevisthomas@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:20:33 +0100
Subject: Confrimation Needed


Dear Recipiant,

I, Atty. Devis Thomas, a partner in the Rose Samuel Law Firms United Kingdom do
hereby seek your consent on behalf of my late client Mr. William Ingledew, who
made you a beneficiary in his Will and Last Testament to present you the
beneficiary to his estate which worth with shares and dividends worth of
£1,700,000.00 (One Million Seven Hundred Thousand British Sterling Only) that was
deposited with the Global Bond Holders Limited United Kingdom.

My late client Mr. William Ingledew, and his wife Dorothy Ingledew who reside at
Carey close, in Middlesbrough in 2005 died on the spot in a fatal car accident
which was driven by him in his Citroen car which happened on the A67, close to
Barnard Castle when he was overtaking a goods vehicle when his car unfortunately
collided with a Volvo traveling in the opposite direction. The website link below
authenticates the validity of this saddening information http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/
hi/uk_news/england/4453529.stm.

My deceased client was a consultant to several oil, manufacturing and gas
industries. He had a sojourn in the United States and so many other countries. He
belonged to several non-governmental and scientific organizations and was also a
great philanthropist and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International. I
have been mandated to provide you, the beneficiary within the next fourteen (14)
working days or have the estate declared unclaimed. Go through the web link
www.bbc.co.uk/heirhunters to view list of unclaimed estates and inheritance here
in United Kingdom.

All I require is your full support and honest co-operation to enable us see this
transaction through. This transaction will be done under a legal arrangement to
avoid breaching the law. This inheritance is to support your activities,
humanitarian services and help to the less-privileged. Please reconfirm the
following details of yours: full names, age and sex, occupation and designation,
current residential address, cell phone numbers and fax numbers for verification
and re-confirmation to avoid misdirecting of the funds.

I await your response.

Yours Sincerely,
Atty. Devis Thomas

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam