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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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 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.
  • jiangwong_jaic@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wen Xiang" <wenxiang@singapore-11.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 07:48:20 +0600
Subject: { Lottery Winning Notification } lau

INTERNATIONAL/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Batch No: WD18/0065/07RN
Our Ref:SGNL/255457004/07
Our Ref: SG-NL/0627/07

RE: SINGAPORE LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the Lotteries
Singapore International Promotions programme held on
the 17th,of May,2007.Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 50,000 names and email addresses
from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa,
and North & South America as part of our international promotions
programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our
subsequent lottery jackpots.The result of our computer draw 844
of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number
034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the
lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently won the lottery grand
prize awards in the 2nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum prize awards
winning of $2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref.
No: UKNL/255457004/05. This is from the total prize
of $125,000,000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Five Million United States
Dollars) shared among the Fifty (50) lucky winners in
this category as part of our promotional programme for this year 2007 This
is your opportunity! Your prize awards has been insured
in your names and ready for claim.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our next high
stakes $2.6 billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please
contact our foreign payment center claim agent immediately;

Mr.Jiang Wong
Jaic Asia Capital
Singapore

Email: jiangwong_jaic@yahoo.com.sg


For due processing remember, you must contact our foreign payment center
agent not later than one week from today. After this
date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Wen Xiang
The Deputy Coordinator
International Lottery Department

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result
to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claims
agent.









uucpb

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam