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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "transferred into your bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "abdel karim" <abdelkarim02@jabster.pl>
Reply-To: abdelka2000@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 21:42:07 +0100
Subject: LET ME HEAR FROM YOU.


*Dear friend,** *
* I am Abdel Karim, manager auditing and accounting department Bank of
Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.*
**
* **My purpose of contacting you is for you to collaborate with me in this
transaction because it is not easy for me to handle this transaction alone
as the next of kin to the deceased customer MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER who died
along with his family in a plane crash July 31sth 2000 and left no one to
claim his deposit with Bank of Africa here in Burkina Faso, West Africa .*

**
*Let me solicit for your confidence and trust in this transaction as it is
legal , i have taken all necessary arrangement here before contacting you in
order to ensure that this funds is successfully claim and move to you from
Burkina Faso without implications, so i implore you to comply with me to
enable us mutually undertake this prospects .* * * ** *The total amount
deposited by our late customer is Ten million five hundred thousand United
state dollars ($10.5 million USD) and we shall share the funds in a mutual
understanding of 40 % for you while 60% will be for me, my 60% will remain
in your bank account pending on my arrival in your country and I shall
invest with my own share in your country as soon as the fund is transferred
into your bank account. *
**
** *I assure you that there is no risk involved in this transaction and also
all the deceased customer information are with me to back up your claim. Now
upon your request i shall send to you the bank text of application which you
shall fill and forward to our bank.* ** ** *Site of the plane crash: **
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
** *Thanks,* *yours sincerely,* *Abdel Karim*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam