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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "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)
  • "% will be for you" (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)
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "benjamain11 Gazeta.pl" <benjamain11@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: benjamain_01@caramail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:33:18 +0000
Subject: Dear My Good Friend,


*Dear My Good Friend,*

**

*I assumed you are in good health with your family.
I am Mr.Benjamain Berant, I work as the Foreign Operations Manager with the
African Development Bank Group here in Burkina Faso.*

*Although the world is very hard place to meet people because you don't
know what to trust or believe but as I have developed the trust in you after
my fasting and praying, i made up my mind to have a confidential business
suggestion for you.*

* **There is an over due unclaimed sum of Thirteen Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars ($13,200,000.00) in my bank obelonging to one
of our dead foreign customers.*

*There were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds. Therefore, your
request as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and release of
the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the as the Foreign
Business Partner. *

*On the transfer of this fund into your account, {US$4,224,000} being 32%
will be for you, {US$660,000, 5%}, will be shared to the Charitable
Organizations, Motherless Babies homes,disabled helpless people in both our
country.*

*If you are really sure of your trustworthy, integerity, accountability and
confidentiality on his transaction, contact me with all your profiles.*

*i am looking forward to read form you soones*

*Thanks and God be with your family.*

*FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME). *

*1) Your Full Name:-................................
2) Your Age:-.....................................
3) Marital Status:-...............................
4) Your Cell Phone Number:........................
5) Your Fax Number:-.............................
6) Your Country:-................................
7) Your Occupation:-............................
8) Sex:-.........................................
9) Your Religion:-...............................
10) Your Private E-mail Adress:..................
Yours sincerely,

Mr.Benjamain Berant*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam