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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "federal republic of benin"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • zumbakamaraa2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "zumba kamara" <zumbakamara300@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: zumbakamaraa2006@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:07:51 +0100
Subject: DEAR SIR,YOUR URGENT IS NEEDED ASAP

FROM ZUMBA KAMARA
DIRECTOR INCHARGE OF
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
CONTINENTAL BANK,
COTONOU-BENIN REPUBLIC
IN WEST AFRICA

Dear Friend,

Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of
the day, I'm Zumba Kamara.The director incharge
of auditing and accounting Unit of Continental
Bank in Cotonou-Benin Republic. I deem it fit
to contact you regardingto a transaction that
will be of favour to bothof us at the end, and
i got your contact in mysearch for a reputable
and reliable person tohelp me claim the fund in
question.


We discovered the sum of eight million one
hundred thousand United States Dollars (USD8.1M)
belonging to a deceased customer of this
bank.The fund has been lying in a suspence
account without anybody coming to put claim over
the fund since the account owner late Mr.Mohamed
Mohd from libanon, who was involved in the
December 25th Benin plane crash. Here is the air
crash website=
http://www.iafpa.org.uk/news-template.php?t=4&id=1291


The said fund is now ready for transfer to a
foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as
the Beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased
customer of the bank.The foriegn account owner
will impost himself as the next of kin to the
deceased and respond positively like a true next
of kin who wishes to speed up the release and
transfer of his inherited fund. If the over due
fund is not claimed by the end of next
quarter,the government of the Federal Republic
of Benin will take over the ownership of the
fund in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979.


I do not want the government to take over the
ownership of this fund,that is why I contacted
you for us to do the deal together, so that I
will portray you as the bonafide next of kin to
the deceased whose name is Mr. Mohamed mohd.If
you accept to carry out this project with me, we
will offer you 30% of the total sum, while I and
my colleagues involved will take 70% of the
total sum.Upon your acceptance to do this deal
with us, we will jointly effect the transfer
within eight working days.On your acceptance
to do this transaction with me this particulars
is needed from you.Reply me with this mail address


zumbakamaraa2006@yahoo.com


1,TELEPHNONE
2,FAX
3,ADDRESS


Be rest assured that, this transaction carries
no risk and no extra esponssibilities on your
part, except the above mentioned roles and
normally you will be required to maintain
absolute information and absolute secrecy
throughout the duration of this transaction,
because discussing it with a third party might
jeopardise the entire transaction.


I am looking forward to receiving yourinteresting response on this
project as thiswill greatly enrich the both of us at the end.

Best Regards
Mr Zumba Kamara

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam