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: "Uk National Lottery Program" <uknationallotteryprogram@msn.com>
Reply-To: luciabenson_agent@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:24:49 +0000
Subject: Congratulations Dear Winner!!!

The National Lottery
UP OF Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 NLG
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on 13th September, 2005. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
07-20-22-23-34-37(bonus no38.), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category I.e
match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£184,515 in
cash credited to file CUT/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £1,845,150 shared amongst the eighteen
(18) lucky winners in this category I.em Match 5 plus bonus. All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our West African
booklet representative office in Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £184,515 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Nigeria.

Our Nigeria agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep yourwinning 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 claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent: Mrs Lucia Benson.
Email:luciabenson_agent@yahoo.com

Congratulations Once again from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Sir Richard Lloyd
Online coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam