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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031897028 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704799306 (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.
  • markwalter1@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • markconsultantoffice44@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Prize Award <googlecoordinator4@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 06:28:51 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS!!





You Have Just Won £820,000,00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds{ GBP})

FROM:YAHOO MICROSOFT AWARD CENTRE 124 Stockport Road, Long sight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom. YAHOO MICROSOFT 2007 AWARD AND WINDO PROMOTION This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred; Twenty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds{ GBP} for the 2007 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE. This Program is organized to Promote and Encourage yahoo Window Users. YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners. PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed thought their Accredited Agents in America, Canada or United Kingdom Any prize not claimed would be forfeited. Stated below are your identification numbers: BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006234522PIN: 1206 These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to contact our fiduciary agent in England and send your winning identification numbers to him, He is Mr. Mark Walter, Mark Walter Consortium Agent Name: Mr. Mark Walter Address: 23 Bedford Row, High Osborn, London, WC1R 4EB, England E-Mail: markwalter1@consultant.com E-Mail: markconsultantoffice44@yahoo.co.uk Tel:+44 703 189 7028 FAX: + 44-870 4 799306 For more information you can call or write to Mr.Mark Walter, on Tel:+44 703 189 7028/ FAX: +44-870 4 799306, Email: markwalter1@consultant.com,Please note that all correspondence regarding your claim and urgent response from us must be Directed to these email address only {markwalter1@consultant.com} 1. Full name..............2. Contact Address........3. Age....................4. Telephone Number.......5. Marital Status.........6. Sex....................7. Next Of Kin............8. Zip Code...............9. Occupation.............10.Company................11.State:.................12.Country................13.Nationality............14.Your Batch,Reference and pin numbers.



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 some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned. Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy MartinsZonal Codinator, United KingdomAward Promotion.-------------------------------- WARNING! Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further correspondence to such person or body. Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentionedWE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THESE IS NOT A BOGUS WINNING OR ANOTHER PYRAMID OF MONEY MAKING BUSSINESS.
_________________________________________________________________
The next generation of MSN Hotmail has arrived - Windows Live Hotmail
http://www.newhotmail.co.uk

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam