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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
• 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!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27826321138 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • 5frisimati@yahoo.com
  • attn@jmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: Rose De Lauren <info_national_lottery2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:15:30 +0200
Subject: FROM MISS ROSE DE LAUREN


!!NATIONAL LOTTERY INCORPORATE!! RE: A ONCE AND FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION C=
ATEGORY "B". It is our great pleasure to inform you of the result of the j=
ust concluded annual final draws of the National Lottery Incorporate promo=
tion programme in collaboration with South African 2010 world cup Bid whic=
h is going to be held here in South Africa .The online cyber draws was con=
ducted from an exclusive list of 55,000 e-mail addresses of individual and=
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selectio=
n from the web. No tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot=
, your e-mail address emerged as one of five winners in the category "B" w=
ith the followings: Ref Number:NLI/BA29641-Y72
Batch Number:NLI DHX/5108=20
Ticket Number:01233/TNO59
Serial Number:G2800
Lucky number:62 88 521
=20
You, as well as other winners are to receive a cash prize of $1,000,000 Do=
llars (One Million Dollars)) each from the total payout. Your prize awards=
has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you =
upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, valid=
ations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your pri=
ze winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims =
agent for category "B" winners with the informations below:=20
MR RISIMATI THOMASGLOBAL CONSULTING,
TEL:+27-82-632-1138=20
Email: mr=5Frisimati@yahoo.com [mailto:mr=5Frisimati@yahoo.com] or attn@jmail.=
co.za [mailto:attn@jmail.co.za] NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not lat=
er than 30 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in =
the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all corres=
pondence.You are to keep all winning information away from the general pub=
lic especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a =
case of double claims will not be entertained).Anybody under the age of 18=
and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to pa=
rticipate in this program. Thank you and congratulations!!! Yours faithful=
ly,Miss Rose De LaurenGlobal Cordinator=20


=09
EINE F=DCR ALLE: die kostenlose WEB.DE-Plattform f=FCr Freunde und Deine=20
Homepage mit eigenem Namen. Jetzt starten! *http://unddu.de/=3Fkid=3Dkid@mf2* =
[http://unddu.de/=3Fkid=3Dkid@mf2]

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam