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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "AUSTRALIA LOTTERY BOARD" <rev.albert@i.ua>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:25:43 -1200
Subject: PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMS

FROM DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARDS DEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE
LOTTERY
COPORATION;

DATE:1st/10/2008
REF NUMBER:575061725
BATCH NUMBER:8056490902/188
WINNING NUMBER:KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATION!CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the
1st of October,2008 from the AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY PROGRAMME,Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses,Your name
was attached to ticket Number;number;575061725 8056490902
serial number 6741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
4-13-33-37-42bonus number 17,which consequently won the
lottery in the second category.you have been approved a
lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION DOLLARS) incash
credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize
shared amongst eight lucky winners in 2nd category.

All participant were selected through computer balloting
system drawn form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses
from canada,Australia,United States,Asia,Europe,Middle
East,Africa and Oceania as pat of our international
promotions program which is conducted anually.This Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
international companies as part of their social
responsibility to the citizens in the communities where
they have operational base.

Furthermore your detail (e-mail address) falls within our
Nigeria representative office in Africa as indicated in
your play coupon and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will
be released to you from this regional branch office in
NIGERIA.We hope with part of your prize,you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for
US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent
REV ALBERT TIME,E-mail:(rev.albert@i.ua) To file for
your claim.Please quote your reference, batch and winning
number
which can be found on the top left corner of this
notification as well as your full name,address and telephone
number to help locate your file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this
information confidential from the public until your claim is
processedand your prize released to you.This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or un
official personnel.

NOTE,all winnings must be claimed before 26th of November,
2008;otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity organization.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards
Rev Albert Time
(co-ordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
!!
Rev Albert Time AT HIS EMIAL CONTACT BELOW:
(rev.albert@i.ua)

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE E-MAIL
ADDRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED FOR CLEARIFICATIONS

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam