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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • gcscompany_2206@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters20@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:12:10 +0200
Subject: CONTACT GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY


Dearest friend,
I am writing to inform you that I have Paid for the
delivery fee for your bank draft but the manager of Bank of Africa Benin
told me that before the bank draft will get to you that it will
expire.So I told them to cash $800,000.00, and arrange in another bank
draft for you, All the necessary arrangement of delivering the
$800.000,00, in cash or in bank draft was made with GLOBAL COURIER
SERVICE COMPANY .
Be inform that there are some documents to be
secured.The only fee you have to send to them is $125 USd which will
serve as the insurance fee and claims of affadvite to enable them
deliver the package to you immediately.
Do contact them with below
information and request on how you will send the needed $125 to them
with all your informations and let me know when you have recieve your
fund, below is the needed information to enable them deliver your fund
to you immediately.
COMPANY NAME: GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE COMPANY

CONTACT DIRECTOR IN CHRAGE: JAMES YAYI
CONTACT EMAIL:
gcscompany_2206@yahoo.fr
Contact them with your below information
1.
YOUR FULL NAME:
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS:
3. YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Do let me know immediately you receive your consignment thoat consist
your fund that I deposited in the GLOBAL COURIER SERVICE COMPANY so
that we can share the joy together.
GOD BLESS AND BEST REGARDS,
DR
JIM PETERS


Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene
E-MailDomain
inkl.
http://office.freenet.de/dienste/emailoffice/produktuebersicht/power/mail/index.html

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam