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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • 2347038677451
• 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.
  • oceanicb.plc@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "daniel dubem" <ddubem010@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 23:19:13 +0100
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS


SCAMMED VICTIM/$2,000,000.00 BENEFICIARIES.REF/PAYMENTS CODE :06654
$2,000,000.00.

ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,

OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL/UNITED NATIONS 2006 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS
PAYMENTS .

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United
Nations
To Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $2,000,000.00
( TWO MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each .
You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims
to be paid this amount , get back to us as soon as possible for the
immediate
payments of your $2,000,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations , we want you to know that during the last
U.N. meetings held at Abuja , Nigeria , it was alarmed so much by the world
in the meetings on the loose of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian

scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to
compensate victims , the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian
Government
is now paying 150 victims of this operators $2,000,000.00 each in accordance

with the U.N. recommendations .

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the payments
are
to be supervised by the 'United Nations' Officials and the Central Bank of
Nigeria ,
as the corresponding paying bank is OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL .
According to the number of applicants at hand , 114 Beneficiaries has been
paid ,
half of the victims are from the United States , we still have more 36 left
to be paid
the compensations of $2,000,000.00 each .
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as
one
of their victims of the operations , you are hereby warned not to
communicate or
duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret
service
is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are
all apprehended.
Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as
well for
scrutiny and possible consideration.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of this payment options
you
may Choose , DRAFT / CHEQUE PAYMENTS , ATM CARD PAYMENT or
WIRE TRANSFERS . We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as
we hear from you . Please send your reply to our email address:
oceanicb.plc@hotmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Daniel Dubem
D/L: 234 70 38677451
SCAMMED VICTIM / REF / PAYMENTS CODE : 06654 $2,000,000.00

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam