419 scam: "Mrs.Christina Robert," <Christina@hotmail.com> UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "kevinmccann1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "kevinmccann1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Christina Robert," <Christina@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kevinmccann1@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:11:14 +0100
Subject: UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,

UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION,
LIFE CHANGING,
OUR REF: UKLO/BT/621830
SPONSORSHIP NUMBER: 444968
GAMING APPROVAL NUMBER: 2233898163

Att:

As part of our Lottery Awareness Program and Bonanza for year 2014 held in Bangkok Thailand, we are poised to carried out “ACTIVE EMAIL ADDRESSES” computer draws in some regions. The note of computer draws were randomly based on active email addresses of users that never played our lotteries this year.

You have won Four Million, Six Hundred Thousand USA dollars (US$4.6Million) only. Your email address drew the Winning Number 03 30 86 32 34 71 33. This makes you an international winner in your region. For details, guidance and processing of your payment, please contact the Claims/Processing Officer, MR.KEVIN MCCANNELL by email kevinmccann1@outlook.com immediately (quoting your WINNING NUMBER).

To commence on your winning amount of US$4,600,000 you are expected to REPLY with the below listed winnings and personal claims information:

* Your complete official names
* Full address & country name
* Telephone & mobile numbers
AGE, GENDER, OCCUPATION AND JOB TITLE.
* Winning Number

The Contact Details are:

NAME OF CLAIMS/PROCESSING OFFICER: MR. Kevin McCann

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST ONLY SEND YOUR REPLY TO THIS DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS: kevinmccann1@outlook.com

Claims must be made within one week of this notification.

Congratulations!

Mrs.Christina Robert,
NOTIFICATION/ONLINE CO-COORDINATOR
UK Lottery Organization.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam