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 deposit" (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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • martins_adebari_chambers@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Martins Adebari <martins_adebari_chambers@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:39:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent Response - Micheal Gallatin



Dear: Micheal Gallatin.&nbsp;

&nbsp;
I am Barr. Martins Adebari ,An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate Of&nbsp;Benin (SAB).I am the personal Attorney to Late Engr.R.Gallatin, A National of your country, who used to work with&nbsp;Sonacop Development Company in Benin. Herein after shall be referred to as my Client. My client then decided to invest in another lucrative business by importing Textiles and Automobiles in the Benin Republic from another neighbouring country here in Africa.
&nbsp;
On one of my clients numerous trips was unsuccessful as my client and his family died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA chartered flight that took off from Cotonou,Republic of Benin and crashed into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003. And about 111 passengers were killed.
&nbsp;

Since then I have made several inquires to the Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property Left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared Unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
&nbsp;
Particularly, the Bank manager where the deceased had an account valued at about (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or Have the Account confiscated within the next 21 working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some months now,I then seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you are from a foreign country so that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars can be paid to you and then we can share the money.&nbsp;
&nbsp;
I Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law.Please do get in touch with me through this martins_adebari_chambers@yahoo.fr
For more details, once I have your consent and trust then we can proceed immediately. Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
&nbsp;
Yours Faithfully,
&nbsp;
Barr.&nbsp;Martins Adebari&nbsp;(Esq.) LLB (HONS) BL.&nbsp;Martins &amp; Co.
Principal Partner.
Martins.


_____________________________________________________________________________
Envoyez avec Yahoo! Mail. Une boite mail plus intelligente http://mail.yahoo.fr

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam