419 scam: jhgfdfghj ertyuiuu <hgfdghgfffffg@outlook.com> Hi

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:

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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- michaeelcwele@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- payment unit name: mr. michael cwele. tel: 27783523315 michaeelcwele@webmail.co.za lottooclaimsoffice120@yahoo.com 147 commissioner (Webmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- lottooclaimsoffice120@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jhgfdfghj ertyuiuu <hgfdghgfffffg@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:54:11 +0000
Subject: Hi

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ AWARD CENTER

147 Commissioner Street 2001 Johannesburg South Africa.

This is to inform you that your e-mail address have won a prize money of One Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars for the month of July 2021 Prize organized by Microsoft (Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo)/South Africa Lottery and South Africa Tourist Board Active email addresses of various service providers were randomly selected and short listed for electronic balloting. Luckily your e-mail address is amongst those selected as beneficiary of such prize award. This award is for the promotion of e-commerce and communication the world over. Two beneficiaries are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion as you are one of the Selected Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. The Microsoft/South Africa Lottery and South Africa Tourist Board Prize Award must be claimed no later than 10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and rolled over to the next balloting. Stated below are your identification numbers:

LUCKY NUMBER: 6,14,32,35,41, BONUS 43.

SERIAL NUMBER: LB/ZA5365/3

BATCH NUMBER: XA87-2PY

REFERENCE NUMBER: LB/ZA/JA2C110P

PIN: 4280

You are requested to fill the form and send it to the Claims Manger email below and call him as a reminder.

MICROSOFT/SOUTH AFRICA TOURIST BOARD ONLINE DOCUMENTATION FORM

FULL NAMES: ________ ADDRESS: __________CITY:___________STATE: _________ ZIP: _______

PHONE/FAX: ___________CELL: __________COUNTRY________AGE: _______MARITAL STATUS: _______OCCUPATION: _________E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________NATIONALITY_______________AMOUNT WON: _______________

You are required to fill and submit the above form/questionnaire to our Overseas Claims Payment Unit with the below email address or our email below.

Overseas Claims/Exchange Online Payment Unit

Name: Mr. Michael Cwele.

Tel: 27783523315

michaeelcwele@webmail.co.za

lottooclaimsoffice120@yahoo.com

147 Commissioner Street 2001 Johannesburg South Africa

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Yours in service,

Ms. Lisa Nel (Coordinator)

lottooclaimsoffice120@gmail.com

[https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail>

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam