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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "FOUNDATION DE FRANCE" <info22@fidmail.com>
Reply-To: executive-sec.foundationcenter11@info.lt
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 05:23:55 -0600
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE FONDATION DE FRANCE(EU)
http://www.fdf.org
16 Rue Lanterne,
Lyon 69001, France.
The Fondation De France(FDF) would like to notify you that you have been
chosen by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash
Grant/Donation for your own personal, educational, and business
development.The FDF, established 1977 by the Multi-Million groups and now
supported by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS),United
Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union (EU) was conceived with the
objective of human growth,educational, and community development.
In conjunction with the ECOWAS, UNO and the EU, We are giving out a yearly
donation of ₤1,000,000.00 (One million Great British pounds ) each to
100 lucky recipients. These specific Donations/Grants will be awarded to 100
lucky international recipients worldwide; in different categories for the
2007/ 2008 Grant Donation. This is a yearly program, which is a measure of
universal development strategy.
Kindly note that you will only be choosen to receive the donation once,which
means that subsequent yearly donation will not get to you again.Take time and
thought in spending the donation wisely on something that will last you a
long time. Recipients are only eligible to be awarded this donation once.

Based on the random selection exercise of internet websites and millions of
supermarket cash invoices worldwide, you were selected among the lucky
recipients to receive the award sum of ₤1,000,000.00 as charity
donations/aid from the Fondation De France, ECOWAS, EU and the UNO in
accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. (Note that all beneficiaries
email addresses were selected randomly from over 100,000 internet websites or
a shop's cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased
something from).

You are required to contact the Executive Secretary and Head of
Representation below, for qualification documentation and processing of your
claims. After contacting our office, you will be given your donation pin
number, which you will use in collecting the funds. Please endeavor to quote
your Qualification numbers (FDF-444-6647-9163) in all discussions to the
executive sec ( EU Donation center Head office ).

Executive Sec and Head of Representation
Mr.Thomas Williams
Email: executive-sec.foundationcenter11@info.lt

Please note that these donations/Grants are strictly administered by the EU,
ECOWAS, UNO. You are by all means hereby advised to keep this whole
information confidential until you have been able to collect your donation,
as there have been many cases of double and unqualified claim, due to
beneficiaries informing third parties about his/her donation.

Finally, all funds should be claimed by their respective beneficiaries,not
later than 20 days after notification. Failure to do so will mean
cancellation of that beneficiary and its donation will then be reserved for
next year?s recipients.

On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our warmest congratulations.

Regards.
Mrs. Cisse Frank

___________________________________________________________
Fidelity Communications Webmail - http://webmail.fidnet.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam