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.

Fraud email example:

From: info01luckyday@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:44:26 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER


Lucky Day International
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
Netherlands
http://www.luckyday.nl

LUCKYDAY WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of your selection as one of the winners of
LUCKY DAY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONAL DRAW NETHERLANDS. Your e-mail
address attached to a computer ballot system which you where emerge among
the lucky winners .You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLAS) in cash credited to file REF No:
with held !.

We in the LUCKY DAY INTERNATIONAL is by this program, launching our model
computer balloting lottery draws system to developed and designed to satisfy
the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery
programs.

After randomly selection 10,000 participants from an initial database of
100,000 e-mails address of all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and
South America as part of our International Promotions Program, which was
conducted in view of launching computer balloting system into the Lottery
Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their respective continents
from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have
emerged as one of the (5)five winners of the Grand Draw prize.

You are to collect your winning before or on the 21st january 2005 and also
contact our claim legal department on telephone and e-mail within a week
of receiving this notification for your immediate proceedings and legalization
of your claim file with the address given below and endeavour to give your
contact telephone and fax number:-

CONTACT:MR.TONY STEVENS
Lucky Day Legal/Notary Department
Laan van Hoornwijck 55
2289 DG Rijswijk
Netherlands
mailto:tonysesq@netscape.net
Tel: 0031 645 930 871


___________________________________________________________

FREE weekend phone calls! NO monthly fee, NO contract!

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/services/smarttalk/?StartupCode=OL063&srccode=COD_563

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam