joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "ontario 49" <ontario49-30@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:34:32 -0600
Subject: Congratulations! You have won Ontario 49 Lottery

From: Ms. Cynthia Chalker
Canada Lottery/Ontario 49 Soccer World Cup 2010 Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
ontario49info@canada.com

Attention: Customer AFRSA680
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/07
Batch No. Ontario 49

WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw of the Special Global 2010 World Cup
Promotional Draw held on the wednesday 3rd january 2007 in Essex United
Kingdom and Ontario Canada. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:
B9564 75604545 100, with Serial Number 46563760 drew the winning numbers
04-20-23-27-33-37 with a bonus Number 49 for Ontario 49 Lotto under the
choice of the lottery in the 2nd category of bi-weekly six.You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred
and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in cash credited to file
EAAL/851OYHI/06.

This is from a total cash prize of US $11,100,000.00 Million dollars, shared
amongst the first One Hundred and-thirty (130) lucky winners in this
category Worldwide. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play
coupon, because this particular draw was selected to promote the 2010 World
Cup to be hosted in South Africa hence your winning information must be kept
to enable you participate in our subsequent draws which will see 500
participants traveling on an all expense paid trip to South Africa for the
Soccer World Cup 2010.In view of this, your US$820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and
TwentyThousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by an
accredited commercial Bank in South Africa. Our African agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact our African Agent's office.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draws system and extracted from over 10,000,00 companies and
personal e-mails. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
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 by unscrupulous elements. Please be warned!

To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding Agent in South
Africa immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of
your fund, contact information is as follows: email:
ontario2010agent@canada.com Phone +27 7 66 914 001 to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please quote your reference numbers in any
correspondences with our designated agents.

Congratulations! Once more from all members and staff of this program that
has ensured that you won this competition. Thank you for being part of our
Promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Cynthia Chalker

NOTE To confirm that you have the winning number for the wenesday 3rd
january 2007 draw, visit:
http://www.lottostrategies.com/script/winning_of_past_month/100/ON1/ON/Ontario-ON-Ontario-49-lottery-results.html
confirm under Ontario 49.

_________________________________________________________________
Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your
Live.com page.
http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701


Anti-fraud resources: