419 scam: Mr David Graham <contactonlinedavid@yahoo.co.uk> UPDATE .

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

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.
- +447045709271 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr David Graham <contactonlinedavid@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:44:47 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: UPDATE .

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT MICROSOFT MEGA JACKPOT
LOTTERY, UNITED KINGDOM.
89 New Fetter Lane London, EC4A 1AG U.K
MR. TINZO PAOLO
REF NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L
BATCH: 4583JL/WIN

Dear Mr.Brand ,
I am in receipt of your last mail and i wish to inform you that the content of your email was clearly understood .
Moreover , MS WORD MEGA JACKPOT PROMO is using this promo lottery to say thank you all for using one of our products , Should any dobuts continue to arise you can verifiy from our paying bank about the status of your funds .

Email Adress : onlinewoolwichbk@accountant.com
Website : http://woolwichonline.ifastnet.com/woolwich/
Phone Number : PHONE +44 70457 09271 feel free to call this number any time of the day .

Finally , I want to say congratulations once more from members and staft of MICROSOFT WORD .

Mr. David Graham ,
Claims officer .

---------------------------------
Inbox full of unwanted email? Get leading protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam