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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • mrs_patricia001@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Patricia Johnson" <mrspatricia0086@me.by>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:38:29 +0100
Subject: CONTACT CHRONOPOST COURIER SERVICES URGENTLY


*Dear Friend,*


*How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?,I have been
waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $4.5M
United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of
weeks now.Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or
getting near to expire and Mr.James Adams the Director Bank of Africa told
me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I
told him to cash the $4,500.000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to
avoid loosing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country
for 4 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of October 2008.

What you have to do now is to contact CHRONOPOST COURIER SERVICES as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Consignmen to you because of
the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering
Charge and Insurance premium.The only money you will send to the CHRONOPOST
COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your Address in your
country is $57.00 only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so
far. Again, dont be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$57.00 .I would have paid that but they said no because they dont know when
you will contact them and in case of demurage.You have to contact CHRONOPOST
COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your Consignment with their email
sas **chronopostcompltd@live.com* <chronopostcompltd@live.com>

*Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to
give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and
know when it will get to your address.Finally, Endaevour to indicate this
CODE (CP0081) which will prove that you are the owner of the package
deposited in their company.Their email address again is **
chronopostcompltd@live.com* <chronopostcompltd@live.com>* and the Manager is
Dr Patrick Martins

You can always email me back on
**mrs_patricia001@yahoo.co.jp*<mrs_patricia001@yahoo.co.jp>
*
Also note that I registered it as a BOX of Africa Arts materials. They did
not know the contents was money. This is to avoid them delaying with the
BOX.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Patricia Johnson
*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam