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:
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • jim_kwesi11@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jim kwesi" <jim_kwesi2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:31:54 +0000
Subject: from:jim kwesi

Dear ,

My name is Mr,Jim Kwesi. I am the regional manager of Barclays Bank of Ghana
takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I got your information on a
recent bank conference with other West African countries held in Lome the
capital city of Togo in West Africa. I write you this proposal in good
faith; I am 45 years old married with four children. I am a devoted
Christian and a man of peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as the
regional manager of the Barclays bank it is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each
business year. On the course of 2005 business report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made Three million eight hundred and sixty
thousand united state dollars ($4,860,000.00) which my head office are not
aware of and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to
this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money
in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer,
and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these
funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order
the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. You call me so
that we can go over the details.Thank you in advance and May God bless you
and your family.

Yours truly, Mr,Jim Kwesi.

Phone:+233246414745.

Email: jim_kwesi11@yahoo.com

_________________________________________________________________
FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now!
http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam