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:
  • ",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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Chikason Chikason <chikasonchikason@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:51:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Kindly send me an e-mail inorder to know









Attn:
=A0=A0 {RE: TRANSFER OF US$48.223 MILLION}=A0 FORTY EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDR=
ED & TWENTY THREE THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ONLY TO YOUR ACCOUNT} [STRICTLY CONF=
IDENTIAL]=20
=A0
I am Dr.=A0chikason Lasater Frost, the operational manager in account manag=
ement section incharge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime bank=
s here in South Africa. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my=
bank who perished on EGYPTIAN Boeing 737 PLANE CRASH into the red sea with=
the whole passengers on board.=20
=A0
There is an account opened in this bank by this late diamond and oil magnet=
who died without a written or oral WILL attatched to the account. Since hi=
s death, I personally has watched to see the next of kin but all has proved=
abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other person knows a=
bout this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other benef=
iciary and until his death he was the manager of his company here in South =
Africa.=20
The total amount involved is 48,223,000.00 USD. [ Forty eight million,two h=
undred and twenty three thousand United States Dollar]. We wish to start th=
e first transfer with $20,000,000.00[Twenty million].and upon successful tr=
ansaction without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for =
the transfer of the remaining balance to your account.=20
=A0
THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE provided you treat it with utmost secrec=
y and confidentiality. Furthermore, your area of specialization or country =
of origin is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transactio=
n.We are presently affected by the South Africa civil service code of condu=
ct laws that prohibits civil servants from operating private foreign accoun=
ts.=20
=A0
I have secretly discussed this matter with the manager of the bank who I mu=
st involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of the fund =
to any foreign bank account which you are going to norminate. On this note,=
I want you to act as the foreign beneficiary of the fund from the deceased=
by providing your bank account where the fund will be transferred for imme=
diate investment on any viable project as no one has come up to be the next=
of kin.=20
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 2 years=
without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government treasury =
as unclaimed after this long period of domancy.=20
=A0
In view of this I got your contact through my personal search to see if you=
can assist by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or find a =
reliable person who will be capable of receiving such amount in his or her =
personal account. At the conclussion of the transfer 60% of the fund will b=
e for me, I will give you 30% of the total transfer sum, 5% for charity bot=
h in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to=
settle expenses both parties might incured during the transfer process.=20
=A0
Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a detailed information a=
bout the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this busi=
ness is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any fe=
ar as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banki=
ng days, after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund from th=
e deceased.=20
=A0
Kindly send me an e-mail inorder to know action and stand, inorder to have =
this fund transfer to your account immediately. Have a nice day as I entrus=
t this transfer into your hands. Let me hear from you Urgently.
Yours faithfully,
Dr. chikason.
=0A=0A=0A

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam