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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22997873079 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • gracias_dare@caramail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "gracias dare" <graciasdare@msn.com>
Reply-To: gracias_dare@caramail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 02:49:13 +0000
Subject: Re:YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED.

Dr.Gracias Dare
Auditting And Accountting Unit
Foreign Remittance Dept
Credit Bank Benin
Cotonou-Benin Republic
West Africa.(Zone Des Ambassades) 

E-mail: gracias_dare@caramail.com
Tel:+229-978-730-79
Ref:0045/93BH/65Q

 

 

Good day,

With warm heart i offer my friendship, and my greetings,and i hope this letter meets you in good time. It will be surprising for you to receive this proposal from me since you do not know me personally.

However, i am sincerely seeking your confidence in this transaction, which i, propose with my free mind and as a person of integrity.

A) It is practically impossible for me to carry out this business alone.
B) You live in a foreign land far away from mine. This should normally not be a requirement, but when you understand the transaction then you will understand why it is important that you live far away from me.

C) The amount of money involved in this transaction is twenty four million one hundred thousand united states dollars (US$24,100,000.00) which is too much for a man of modest means like myself to handle in my country.

I believe from my few points above, you can begin to get an idea why i need your participation.I am writing you in respect of a foreign customer who has a Domicilliary account in my bank. His name was Engineer Frank oliver.

He was among those who died in a plane crash, Since the demise of this our customer, Engineer Frank oliver, who was an oil merchant/import & exporter, i have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then nobody has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer.

He had only twenty four Million one hundred thousand united states dollars (US$24,100,000.00) in his account and the account is coded.

It is only an insider that could produce the code of the deposit particulars.

As it stands now, there is nobody in that position to produce the needed information other than my very self considering my position in the bank.

Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit as next of kin, i hereby ask for your to send an application to the bank as he next of kin to the deceased and get this fund transfered into your foreign bank a/c for mutual sharing between myself and you, 5% for expences we will incure 35% for you and 60% for me.

All i need is for you to follow my instructions closely because i am experienced in inheritance matters here and i am on ground here to advice you on every step until you receive the fund. What is required of you is to send an application to the bank as next of kin to this late Engineer and i promise you that everything will go smoothly.

I also indulge you not to make undo use of the information given to you, i need also to trust that you will not tell people or your bank about this business.

You will collect the money first, then I get my share, then you
can tell anybody what you chose thereafter. I shall need your help to invest in your country; therefore, any experience you have in this area will be beneficial.

Please feel free to ask any question and seek for explanations through email or you call me on my direct line+229-978-730-79 if required and upon the receipt of your favourable esponses,you should include your telephone number for easy communication.

Yours truly,
Dr.Gracias Dare

 

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam