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: "henry cole" <rgukhenrycole@promotionmanager2005.org>
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 00:14:34 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER


FROM:GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.

WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws
of De Lotto International Lottery programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of
two winners in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: 35149/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number:26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number:54866235

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of
€1,500,000.00.(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO ONLY) each from the
total payout.

Your prize awards has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transfered 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 "A" winners
with the informatiom below:

Mr Paul VanFrant
Financial Director,
Netherlands Development Finance Company,
De Amsterdamse
Poort Bijlmerplein
888 1102 MG Amsterdam
1000 BV Amsterdam
E-mail: paul_vanfrant@excite.com

All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.

Please note that your claims agent will assist you in the processing and
remittance of your prize funds into your designated bank account.

Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than this date.
After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as
unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
endeavor to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every correspondence
with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possibe .

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,

Mr. Henry Cole
Games / Lottery Coordinator.
De lotto Netherland International
www.lotto.nl

Confidentiality Notice: This email communication and any attachments are in
response to a winning notice for information concerning our online cyber
lotto draws conducted.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam