|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- claimoffice313@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: International Lotterie Promotion <claimoffice34@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:33:51 -0300
Subject: Anspruch Information!!!
--
Anspruch Information!!!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Ihnen,
wir können Ihnen die Ergebnisse der Europäische International Lotterie 2009
Promotion mitteilen. Wir sind glücklich Ihnen sagen zu können das Ihre
E-Mail Addresse gezogen worden ist und Sie der Gewinner von €1.000.000.00
Euros(Eine Millionen Euro) sind.
ACHTUNG: Um Ihr Gewinn in Anspruch
nehmen zu können, kontaktieren Sie bitte die Zahlungsabteilung per E-Mail
oder per Telefon.
Kontakt Person: Herr David Lopez
Tel:
0034645749436
EMAIL ( claimoffice313@aim.com )
Beachten Sie bitte
das Promotions Datum, die Referenz und Losnummer. Denken Sie bitte daran,
bei allen Korrespondenz mit Ihrem Bearbeiter (Herr David Lopez) diese
Nummern anzugeben.
Losnummer: SUTO/980/TWM/EU
Lotterie Ref.
Nr:345/003/SP/45
Ticket Nr: WRNM/SMI/5990
Lucky Nr: 1
0-23-44-72-80
Serien Nr: MUOTI/82536
Lotterie
Datum:15/05/2009.
Ihren Namen
Telefon Nummer
Handy
Nummer
Ihr Alter, Geschlecht
Ihr Beruf
Herzlichen Glückwunsch
nochmals von allen unseren Mitarbeiter und danke das Sie vertrauen an dieses
E-Mail Lotterie Promotion Programm haben
Mit freundlichen
Grüßen
Frau Mariam Javier
|
Anti-fraud resources:
