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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Horst Schmidt" <jkayser@soundinternet.com>
Reply-To: germanfa_secgen02@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:39:37 -0000
Subject:



--
FROM THE DESK OF: DR.HORST R. SCHMIDT

Dear Friend,

Confidential Mutual Business Proposal.

Having consulted with my friends and co- members of the FIFA Germany
2006 Organizing Committe, I have the privilege to request your assistance
to transfer the sum of E40,000,000.00 (Fourty Million Euros) to you. The
funds are currently in a Security Firm, and you have the option of either
going over to the Security House to have the cosignment containing the funds
collected by hand or alternatively, we can have it's content liquidated and
transferred installmentally into your account via their Prime Bank.

We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you
come in. It is important to inform you that as Organizing Committe members,
the funds cannot be transferred it any account of ours; that is why we
require your
assistance. I got you contact information via an intensive search by a
special software designed by FIFA World Cup planning committe for searching
for sponsors for events,

The total sum will be shared as follows: 70% for us, 25% for you and 5% for
local and international expenses incidental to the transfer.The transfer is
risk free on both sides.

I am the General Secretary of German Football Association and Executive Vice
President of Germany 2006 Organizing Committe
www.fifaworldcup.com

If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require thefollowing
details/information from you for onward transfer to Our Lawyer in the
United Kingdom who is in charge of this transaction:

(a) Your private telephone and fax numbers - for confidentiality and
easy communication.
(b) Your Full Names and mailing address for the courier of the original
papers and you have to choose on the payment modalities, that is how you will
receive the funds.

Ordinarily, we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your
letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively
what we require of you. The business will take us Fourteen (14) working
days to accomplish.

Please reply urgently positively or otherwise to avoid delay.

Best regards,
DR.HORST R. SCHMIDT

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam