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: "Fred Williams" <fredwilliams115@msn.com>
Reply-To: barrfredwilliams1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:57:59 +0000
Subject: RE:

FORM THE DESK OF BARRISTER FRED WILLIAMS,
FRED WILLIAMS CHAMBERS,
PLOT 264 VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS NIGERIA
EMAIL:barrfredwilliams1@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir,

Please accept my unsoilicited mail to you.firstly,let me introduce myself to
you.I am Barrister Fred Williams a solicitor at law. I am the personal
attorney to Mr.pitt A. Theddy, native of your country, who is based and work
with the LNG (liquified Natural Gas) company here in Abuja Nigeria. who died
on Alaska Airlines Flight 261., my client, his wife And their two children
were involved in a Acraft accident . All occupants of the Alaska Airlines
Flight unfortunately lost there lives.For further enquiry view the web-site
for more
details.<<http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/>>,
Since then, I have requested for a lot information to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to search for his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family.Henceforth, I
contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money and property left
behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Security Finance where the fund was
deposited.Apparently, the finance institute where the deceased had an
account valued at about USD$15.5 million dollars has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next
fourteen official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over some years
now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you have the same surname or last name so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD$15.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim
we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us achieve
our goal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law or interpol.

Please get back to me in my private email box(barrfredwilliams1@yahoo.co.uk}
and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable our further
discussion about this transaction.Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
Barrister Fred Williams.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam