419 scam: "Lotto Award."<festusmind80909@gmail.com> Congratulation to your Lotto Award

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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)
- "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!
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.
- +27866626738 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lotto Award." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richardhugo80909@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 21:08:46 +0200
Subject: Congratulation to your Lotto Award

Welcome To Lotto 6/49
77 Eastview Blvd Belleville, ON, K8N 4Z3, Canada
Mon to Fri | 8:30am to 4:30pm
Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ticket Number: A9564 75604545 001
Ref: EAAL/158OYHI/08
Batch No. Lotto CTL/6732

Sat, November 03, 2018 - Lotto 6/49

WINNING NUNBERS
7 8 24 32 42 48 Bonus 45

Congratulations! To you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organized and sponsor by the Canadian and South Africa Government (CSAG) in conjunction with Gmail® Company, to promote and encourage the mail global active users worldwide. We are happy to inform you that your valid email address attached to Ticket #.: A9564 75604545 001 with Serial Number 46563760, drew the Winning #.: 7 8 24 32 42 48, with bonus number (45) Have emerged a winner of a total sum of US$2,000,000,00 (Two Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file ILP/HW 47509/08, this is from a total cash prize of US$54,000,000.00 Million Dollars, shared amongst the first Twenty-Seven (27) lucky winners in this category Worldwide.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls under your email address within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in electronic play coupon. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our African Agent's office. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,000 companies and personal emails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your fund remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

To file for your claim, fill the form below and send it to our corresponding payment Agent in South Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, Contact information is as follows;

Representative Claims Manager
Address: 43 Rivonia Road, Johannesburg South Africa
Name: Mr. Hugo.
Tel: +27110716622
Fax: +27 86 662 6738
Email: richardhugo80909@protonmail.com

Full Name.......................................................
Address..........................................................
Nationality......................................................
Sex..................................................................
Age.................................................................
Phone/Fax......................................................
Occupation.....................................................
Ticket Number................................................
Winning Number............................................
Winning Email.................................................

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Evelyn McGregor
(Publicity Secretary)

NOTE to confirm that you have the winning number for the Sat, October 06, 2018 draw, do confirm under: http://www.lottolore.com/lotto649.html

---
This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam