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:
  • "keep this confidential" (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.
  
• 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.
  • +447031821132 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712561833 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • infoadminddepartment@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mradavidoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: john Francis <johnfrancisjunior@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:13:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Fund / Contact Alan


Dear Sir,

Compliment of the season.excuse for my sudden contact for partnership trans=
action in this project.My name is Mr.Alan David,I am the Auditor of the Bar=
clays Bank PLC. Registered in England. Registered No: 1026167. Registered O=
ffice: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP..I have packaged a financial tran=
saction that will benefit both of us.
=A0
As the Auditor of the Bank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to =
my head office,at the end of each year.On the course of the last years 2007=
end of year reports,I discovered that my branch in which I am the auditor =
made Three million nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds [3,950.000.00] ex=
tra from their agro based industrial section in which my head office are no=
t aware of since the fund has been placed under suspence / escrow account a=
s unclaimed awaiting for a nominated trustee/beneficiary as i got your info=
rmation during my search through the Internet for a reliable and willing in=
vestor.
=A0
I need your urgent cooperation as we have done all arrangement to release t=
his fund to you the beneficiary with the necessary approval covering the fu=
nd transfer.Note that i have taken responsiblities for all approval documen=
ts in Uk.All i need is for you to stand as my foriegn partner/trustee and o=
pen a non resident bank account with us or new bank account with our affili=
ate office in Malaysia once the Beneficiary Pin code of fund release is gra=
nted.
As an auditor of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money whi=
ch was declared as payment made for foreign Investor for the first quarter =
2008,so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assi=
st and receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.You will h=
ave 40% of the total fund as your reward at the end of the transaction.If i=
nterested,we will exchange our international passport as bond of trust prio=
r to our meeting.
=A0
All i want you to do is to keep this confidential by protecting my interest=
and yours.I am man of peace married with 3 lovely children.As soon as I re=
ceive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it successfully=
..
Reply via my private email urgently with your address,date of birth,and tel=
ephone number to apply for transfer form of fund release.Treat as confident=
ial matter.
=A0
Best regards,
Mr.Alan David.
PrivateEmail:infoadminddepartment@gawab.com ,mradavidoffice@yahoo.co.uk
TEL:+44-70-3182-1132 ,FAX:+44-87-1256-1833.=0A=0A=0A

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam