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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +2348026389849 (Nigeria, 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.
  • adams_agent147@yahoo.se (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: KENT STEWARD <k_steward1@yahoo.se>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:31:01 +1000
Subject: UNITED NATIONS CLAIMS NOTIFICATION


UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

HEAD OFFICE:Link Place, BRIGHTON,
Sussex, BN1 7DX,ENGLAND.
DEAR WINNER,

We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on August 26st, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 69875600261, batch number U N L/ 343711 with Serial number 19838/02 drew the lucky numbers: 08 21 42 28 47 31 26(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credited to file Ref KTU/5033678303/09.
This is from a total cash prize of $10,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e 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 until the end of the year. (31/12/2006)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. (5647560054) In view of this, your $2,500,000.00 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa.
Our Africa 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 your winning informations confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To claim your prize, please write to the fiduciary Agent Mr.Adam Smith.
FIDUCIARY AGENT
OVER SEAS CLAIM UNIT
MR.Adams Smith
TEL:+234-8026389849
EMAIL : adams_smith@bigstring.com
EMAIL : adams_agent147@yahoo.se
YOUR DETAILS
FULL NAMES: ____________________________________
COMPANY NAME: ____________________________________
CONTACT ADDRESS: ____________________________________
STATE : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
NATIONALITY-------------------------------------------------------------------
AGE: __________ SEX: _____________
OCCUPATION: ____________________________________
TELEPHONE:___________________________
FAX _________________________
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:______________________
PAYMENT OPTIONS: (PLEASE SPECIFY)
BANK CHEQUE: ___________________________
TELEGRAPHIC WIRE TRANSFER: ___________________________
DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS (Where you want your funds transferred if by
Telegraphic Wire Transfer):
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
HAVE YOU EVER DIRECTLY/INDIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN ANY LOTTERY PROGRAMME (YES
OR NO),
IF YES PLEASE STATE:____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
DATE: _____________________
[ENTRYTICKET NR].................................. [DRAWDATE]....................................
CLAIMANT SIGNATORY DECLARATION
====================================
I,.....................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECIEVED ANY SETTLEMENT FROM THE UNITED NATION LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOR ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO UNITED NATION LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION. I, THEREFORE ASK UNITED NATION LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING PROMOTION TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER MY PRIZE AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.
=======================================================================================
NOTE : ANY UNCLAIMED WON PRIZE AFTER 10 WORKING DAYS LEADS TO DISQUALIFICATION.

PLEASE DISREGARDS ANY WINNING NOTIFICATION WITHOUT BATCH NUMBER U N L/ 343711 IS FRAUD.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Kent Steward
Online coordinator for UNITED NATION LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
WORLDWIDE LOTTERY.
Mr. Kent Steward
Online coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam