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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • gameboardcente@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " Mr. Frank Huisman" <Gameboardcente@aim.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:40:04 +0700
Subject: Europe Lottery Award.

Dear Internet User.

We are happy to inform you that your email address have emerged winner of
(EUR 850,000) in Europe Lottery Award. "Euro Million Lottery International"

The online cyber draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000
email addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer selection from the web.

Your email address is attached to..
Ref No: NL/WIN/008/02/10/MA
Batch No: EUML/1007/444/606/08;
Serial No: 6594; and PROMOTION DATE: 6th June. 2008.

Bear in mind that prizes will strictly be remitted to winners that
officially file in for their claim within the given time frame. To begin
your claim, you are to forward this message to our accredited claim agent
including your full names and telephone numbers:

EXECUTIVE EURO MILLION DEPARTMENT.
Contact Person: Mr. Frank Huisman

Tel: + 31- 623-155-299
Fax: + 31 847 428 356
Email: Euromillion@games.com
Gameboardcente@aim.com


Your prize award has been insured with your email address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting the requirement of the gaming board
authority which includes your statutory obligations.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Nelly Cooker (Lottery co-coordinator).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam