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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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: "De Lotto." <automac@games.com>
Reply-To: "De Lotto." <proceswinnigs@games.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:18:56 +0200
Subject: Results

De Millionaire

laan van Hoornwijck 55 

2289 DG Rijswijk.

Amsterdam The Netherlands

KvK: 41151075

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

 

The Netherlands Millionaire Lotto wishes to inform you  that the results of the Millionaire lotto Promo is out and 

you are been chosen as the second winner for the programme by the Millionaire Lotto held on the 11th of April 2009. 

Your Email has been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Nine Hundred Thousand euros (€9 hundres thounsand).

 

 

The Millionaire Lotto. draws was conducted from an  exclusive list of 13 lucky emails of individual and corporate

bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search. No tickets were sold.

 

-----------------------------------------------------------

You email address was attached to.

Ref Number: ENLD 2910289/ES 756.

Batch Number: ENLD 41897431-ZNG/2009.

Ticket Number: ESPD 92776372 07421.

Security File Number: 1GF47730.

-----------------------------------------------------------

 

To file for your claims and due remittance of funds contact Mr Harry Bloom on the information below.

 

Mr Harry Bloom

De Lotto Corporate Officer.

Email:proceswinnigs@games.com

 

 

You are required to claim your winnings by April 24th, 2009 otherwise  it rolls over to the next draw.

 

N.B: Procedures to claiming your prize: 

1. Please quote your Reference number in all correspondence with the claims officer.

2. Indicate your Full Name, Address, Country, Telephone, Mobile, Fax Number, Occupation and Age. 

 

Failure to provide the information above will result to immediate disqualification !!

 

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform the CLAIM AGENT as soon as possible.

 

Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Once again on behalf of all our staff CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified...

 

For a smooth and safe collection, you are required to keep your Reference Number confidential.

 

Congratulations..

 

Mrs Karen S Riddle

Winnings Coordinator.

 

 

**************************************************************************** 

This email may contain information which is confidential and/or 

privileged. The information is intendedsolely for the use of the 

individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipiet 

be awarethat any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents is 

prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, 

please notify the sender bytelephone or return email and delete the 

 

************************************************************************************

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam