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:
  • ",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)
  • "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ruralconsult@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sabrina nadal <sabrinadl@web.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:24:31 +0200
Subject: **********CONGRATULATIONS****************


Dear Beneficiary,
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the 2 lucky winners in Euromillones Loteria España, Computer Ballot Drawed 11th Jul 2008.You have won the sum of 1.974.547,Eur ( One Million Nine Hundred And Seventy Four Thousand, Five Hundred And Fourty Seven Euros) in cash credited, all winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international email addresses, Your email address emerged alongside 1 other as a 1st category winner.File with Reference number: ESP/1245/114L/LOP Winning Number :9-11-13-19-37 .file for your claim, Contact : Mr.Jose Ryan .Manager, Rural Consultants SA, with your claim application form below
1.FULL NAMES:__________ ________________________
2.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_______ ______________3.OCCUPATION:_ _____________________
4.COUNTRY:_ __________________________________ 5 .ADDRESS:_______ ______________
6.WINNING NUMBERS:_ __________________________________
Reply to Email: ruralconsult@aim.com Contact Tel:0034 635 138 683.We use this opportunity to bring and promote the Sponsors/Contributors of this program. Heinenken,Sony,Mastercard
Vodafone,Play station, Ford, Microsoft.

Congratulations once again from all our staff
Fiona Sanchez
Secretary



Ihre Messenger, Communities und E-Mails jetzt in einem Programm!
WEB.DE MultiMessenger *http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3070* [http://www.produkte.web.de/messenger/?did=3070]

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam