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: "B. M. FREEMAN" <beatricemfreeman@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 14:56:35 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION CATEGORY "B"

FROM: LOTERIE NATIONALE.

RE: PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION CATEGORY "B"
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of the Loterie Nationale promotion programme.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 55,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection from the web. No tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of five winners in the category "B" with the followings:

Ref Number:LNPB/006-53412
Batch Number:LNPB BNV/08679
Ticket Number:5590214/SA
Serial Number:BBLN/0003241

You, as well as other winners are to receive a cash prize of €2,000,000.00.(TWO MILLION, EUROS ONLY) each from the total payout. Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory
obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "B" winners with the informations below:

MR. ANTONY MARTIN.
GLOBAL NETWORK,
TEL:0034 695 041 640
FAX:0034 695 041 546.
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all winning information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!

Yours faithfully,
MRS. B. M. FREEMAN

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam