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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • dr_fredchinedu11@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: johnmark01@freenet.de
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:22:31 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,



Dear Friend,

I\'m happy to inform you about my success in getting
those funds
transferred under the Cooperation of a new partner from
Paraguay. Presently
I\'m in South Korea for investment projects with my
own share of the
total sum. Meanwhile, I didn\'t forget you\'re past
efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite
that it failed us some
how.
Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin
Republic his name is
Dr.Fred Chinedu his email address:(
dr_fredchinedu11@yahoo.fr ) ask him to send
you the total SUM OF $1.2
million U.S Dollars which I kept for you as a
Compensation for all
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much, so feel
free and get
in touched with my secretary Dr.Fred Chinedu and
instruct him where
to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you
receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at
this time, in the moment, I\'m very
busy here because of the
investment projects which I and the new
partner are having at
hand.
Finally,I instructed to my secretary on your behalf to receive
those
money, so feel free to get in touch with my secretary Dr.Fred
Chinedu
to send the amount to you without any delay.

YOUR FULL
NAME:..........................
YOUR
COUNTRY..............................
YOUR
ADDRESS...............................
DIRECT
PHONE................................

With best regards,
Mr. John



Unbegrenzter Speicher, Top-Spamschutz, 120 SMS und eigene E-MailDomain
inkl.
http://office.freenet.de/dienste/emailoffice/produktuebersicht/power/mail/index.html

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam