joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
 Free trial for 30 days
   jwSpamSpy
Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"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.

 

 

Fraud email example:

From: "Judith Cole" <judithcole1_nlp@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:48:07 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION of 2,000,000.00 Euros (Two million, euros) in cash

NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO
UK HEAD OFFICE
SUITES 23-30,LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON
ENGLAND

Ref: NAS/941OYI/04
Batch:04/06/MA34

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the National Lottery Promo
International program, held on the 20th August 2005 in Dublin Ireland. Your
email address was attached to ticket number: 77770064638 with serial number:
67345/04 drew the lucky numbers 12-8-9-11-12-5, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the second category. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of 2,000,000.00 Euros (Two million, euros) in cash
credited to file nlp/233376899/04.

This is from a total cash prize of 60 Million Euros, shared among the first
thirty (30) lucky winners in this category. In view of this,your money would
be released to you by our Bank firm in Europe . Our European agent (Reality
Agency) will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as they are contacted.

All participants were selected randomly from World wide Website through
computer ballot system extracted from over 100,000 companies and
individuals. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claimming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please
bewarned.

To file your claims, please contact our agent:

Agent: The Reality Agency
Name: Pastor Paul Edward
Email: realityagencynlp@yahoo.co.uk

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, Please quote your ref/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program

Yours sincerely,

Miss Judith Cole.

Public Relations Officer

National Lottery Promo


Anti-fraud resources: