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 us 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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Nwoma Dindu <anwomachambers@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: anwomachambers1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:37:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: To :Rob Kolster



Nwoma Chambers & Associates.
102 Rue Du Jean Paul Cotonou,
Republic of Benin.
=A0
From: Bar. Nwoma (Esq.)
=A0
My Name is Bar. Nwoma Dindu the Personal Attorney to Ronald Lake who died i=
n a Plane Crash (Alaska Airlines Flight 261) on the 31st of January 2000.
=A0
Website: http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
=A0
Presently, as the lawyer I have been asked to provide his Next-of-Kin to re=
ceive its Deposit valued at US$12, 500, 000.00 (Twelve Million Five Hundred=
Thousand US Dollars) or have the Funds confiscated.
=A0
To this effect, I now seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-Kin t=
o my Client so that the proceeds of his Benefit valued at US$12, 500, 000.0=
0 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) can be paid to you ther=
eafter you and I can share it; 50% to me, 40% to you, while 10% should be g=
iven to any Orphanage Home.
=A0
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us concluding this deal.=
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangements that =
will protect you from any breach of the law.
=A0
Please reply immediately with your telephone numbers for further discussion=
s.
Best regards,
=A0
Barr.Nwoma Dindu. =0A=0A=0A

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam