419 scam: "Ms. Patricia Atkins." <info@earthlink.net> Congratulations!!!!!

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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- infographictrustdeliveryagency10@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Patricia Atkins." <info@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: infographictrustdeliveryagency10@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 20:27:41 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!!!!!

From: Ms. Alicia Cleo
Canada Lottery-in Conjuction with Lotto Powerball international annual Promotional Draw
1550 Princess Street
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7M 9E3
Attention: Customer AFRSA680/Lotto 6/49
Ticket Number: A9564 75604545 001
Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/17

Congratulations! Your email address has won you US$1,500,000.00 dollars in the annual power ball Lottery Online Lucky Program, held on the 28th day of December 2019 organized by the Canadian and America Government to promote the users of email account holders. We are happy to inform you that your email address attached to Ticket #.: A9564 75604545 001 drew the Winning Numbers: 2-3-4-11-27-47 with bonus #: 17. Have emerged a winner of a total sum of US$1,500,000.00(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) in cash credited to Ticket Number:A9564 75604545 001, this is from a total prize of US$120,000,000.00 Million Dollars, shared among the first One Hundred and twenty (120) lucky winners in this category all over the world.

Your lucky winning numbers falls within our Afro booklet representative head office in Canada as indicated in electronic play coupon. Our United States agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web site through computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000,000 companies and personal emails.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your fund remitted to you. To file for your claim, please contact our corresponding payment agent in United State immediately you read this message for quick and urgent release of your fund, contact information below:

Representative officer
GRAPHIC TRUST DELIVERY AGENCY
Name: Mr. Olive Anderson Morgan

CONTACT EMAIL IS: infographictrustdeliveryagency10@aol.com

Full Name................................................
Address....................................................
Nationality.................................................
Sex............................................................
Age............................................................
Phone/Fax.................................................
Occupation................................................
Ticket Number..........................................
Winning Number......................................

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Patricia Atkins (Sec. Zonal Co-coordinator).

NOTE to confirm that you have the winning number for the WED 10/12/2011 draw, do confirm under Lotto 6/49.
http://www.canada.com/life/lotteries/lottery_results.html

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam