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.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27736118123 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • legalfinancialconsultant@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "leslie page" <cardifflottoryinternational@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:54:56 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

Attention: Sir/Madam,

WINNING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the official announcement yesterday of the
winners of the CARDIFF LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL held on Friday 22nd July
2005.You or your company, attached to ticket number 2F5-7HK-4329,serial
number 53J-721B drew the lucky numbers 3-14-41-48-49-1-4, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd international category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump-sum Payout of US$850,000.00
(Eight hundred and fifty thousand USD) in Cash credited to file with Ref
No: EURM/43172845/05 and Batch No: 31/6805G8/FM.
This is from total prize money of US$17,000,000.00 shared among 20
international winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from over 150,000 companies and individuals from Australia, New Zealand,
Africa, Europe, North America, South America and Asia as part our
International promotions program for the year, conducted bi-annually.

Congratulations!

Your fund is now deposited with our finance firm in South Africa and insured
in your name.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly private and from public notice until your claim have been fully
processed and your total prize money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize money, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes of US$70 Million International lottery slot to be held in
December 2005.

For the immediate collection of your prize money, Please contact directly
your Cashout Payment consultant in South Africa:

James Dlamini
Payment Consultant
Payment Outlet,South Africa
Tel :+27 736-118-123
E-mail:legalfinancialconsultant@hotmail.com

All prize money must be claimed before 25th OCTOBER 2005, after this date
all unclaimed funds/
Winnings will be returned back to the treasury as Invalid.

All correspondences to JAMES DLAMINI should have this email sent along with
it along with your Contact Address, Country of residence and your E-mail
address.
Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform our
Payment Administrator as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
programme.

Sincerely,

Mrs Leslie Page
Manager,Awards
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Tel/Fax:+44-773-1313-554.

NOTE. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to instant disqualification.


--

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam