![]() |
joewein.de LLC fighting spam and scams on the Internet |
|
|
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:
Fraud email example:
From: gtrf ewsa <alchemybush@web.de>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:06:37 +0200
Subject: GOOD NEWS
MICROSOFT COOPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORD LOTTO LOTTERY CONDUCTED IN AFRICA BEING THE HOST OF THE EVENT FOR THIS PRESENT YEAR MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNING PROGRAMS HELD THIS YEAR. YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS ATTACHED TO MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER S/N-00168 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 887-13-865-37-10-83, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF £600,000 PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 .THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF 15,000,000 POUNDS, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.
ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE WEBSITES ESPECIALLY YAHOO MAIL THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT. YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL AND PHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. CONTACT YOUR AGENT MR.JOHN SMITH,
TEL: + 44 703 181 8957 EMAIL: claim_johnsmith@live.com [mailto:claim_johnsmith@live.com] SEND SECURITY CODE MSW/FEB/XX06 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT.REFERENCE NO: MSW-L/200-26937, BATCH NO: 2005SEPTL#22 THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM .
Fill this info: Reference No.......,Batch No.......,Ticket No.....,Mr or Mrs.......... Full Name...., Age...., company Name...., Full Address..., Mobile No...., Occupation.....
FROM UK OFFICE
In 5 Schritten zur eigenen Homepage. Jetzt Domain sichern und gestalten!
Nur 3,99 EUR/Monat! *http://www.maildomain.web.de/?mc=021114* [http://www.maildomain.web.de/?mc=021114]
Anti-fraud resources: