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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • radi_lemo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "radi lemo" <radilemo4@mail.mn>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 19:51:09 -0700
Subject: I WISH TO RECIEVE YOUR RESPONSE IMMEDIATELY.


FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER RADI LEMO.


Attn: Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law
firm, Reality Law Chambers in Lagos Nigeria

My name is Radi Lemo (esq). A personal attorney to our late client
Mr.Fedrick Venegas who worked for an oil firm in Nigeria. Late Mr.Fedrick
Venegas a well known Philanthropist,before he died, he made a Will in our
law firm stating that $40.1M (fourty million and one hundred thousand U.S.
dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice
overseas.


We have made a random draw and your name and e-mail address was picked as
the beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this
money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing us to
produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks which happens to be
you or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as regards
to law here.


It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are
required to contact me immediately to start the process of transfering this
money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me
immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a
date limit.

Please contact me urgently Through My via email: radi_lemo@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulation,

Barrister, Radi Lemo[Esq].

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam