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:
  • "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447024079610 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • peleleharrison@yahoo.co.uk
  • mrs_amirarasheed@mail2amanda.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrs_amirarasheed04@yahoo.gr
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:00:45 -0700
Subject: GET BACK TO ME PLEASE

This item from National Association of the Deaf has been forwarded to you by MRS AMIRA RASHEED.

GET BACK TO ME PLEASE Assalamu alaikum, I am Mrs Amira Rasheed Haji, Ukraine is where I am from to be precise but got married to an Iraqi man, who have been nice and faithful to me, due to the problem in Lebanon I lost Mr. Khalid Rasheed my husband who was involved in a bomb blast as Israel seems to be firing missiles into Lebanon during the time of that crisis. I went back to my wrecked house to check for some little valuables like diamonds and gold in my jewel box but non was recovered, I came across my husband diary and I found out that there is a huge sum of money, he kept in a (FINANCIAL FIRM) $9.2 million USD in where he kept all the best sum of money that would give me a new life as soon as I come out of this camp. Presently, I am in YARMOUK (UNOFFICAL REFUGEE CAMP) is unofficial home to the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria, where the United Nations brought us for safty.I really need your help to contact Mr.Pelele M.Horrison, he is our family lawyer and now resides in Uk, so I gave him the documents of the deposited money, to help me look for someone reliable, who will help me receive this fund in to his personal account.His telephone numbers are +447024079610 or his email address peleleharrison@yahoo.co.uk Your share of the whole transaction is 25% of the total sum while 5% will be set as for any expenses you might incur at the cause of the transaction and 5% will be for charity, which will be done as soon as the funds gets to you, since I have no better chance of getting the money directly from here. Thanks and I pray Allah will bless you as you are trying to assist me to recover what my late husband had suffered to get. You can still contact me with my email for more clearification on, mrs_amirarasheed@mail2amanda.com Sincerely, Mrs Amira Rasheed

Source:

http://www.nad.org/site/pp.aspx?c=foINKQMBF&b=1359203

If the text above does not appear as a full, clickable link, please copy the whole web address and paste it into the address box of your browser.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam