|
|
joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
|
|
"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:
- "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "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)
- "fblotto2023@sbcglobal.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "Face Book Lottery" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fblotto2023@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 04:51:53 -0600
Subject: 1873 (Reuters) - Former Lotto (FACE:BOOK)
Facebook Int'l Lottery association
From: The Desk Of The Vice President.
Facebook lottery team
REF: splash online promo.
We (Facebook Lottery Team) proudly announce! that your E-MAIL
ACCOUNT
has been selected as one of the lucky winners and has won the sum
of $
900,000.00 USD (Nine Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in the ongoing
Facebook online prize promotion. Your ticket number is FB /
575061725.
Lot number: FB8036490903
WINNER NUMBER: FB / 575061725
REF number FB / US / 203
All entrants were selected via an integrated randomized computer
system drawn into 27 million e-mail addresses via the Internet
and the
lucky winners do not need to purchase any tickets to participate
in
this lottery program. Please forward the details below to the
Facebook
Lottery Agent:
== Facebook Lottery Agent
Contact person: Mr. Leo Dylan
Email: fblotto2023@sbcglobal.net
===================================
(**) Your full names:
(**) Your phone number
(**) Your contact address:
(**) Your occupation:
(**) Your country:
(**) Your age and gender:
(**) And your lucky number above:
===================================
NOTE: For security reasons and due to the confusion of some numbers
and names, we ask that you keep this notification strictly from public
notice until your request has been processed and your money has been
returned to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims or unscrupulous acts by non-participants in this program.
All winnings must be claimed not later than 13th of Apr 2023. After
this date, all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake to
avoid unnecessary delay and complications please remember to quote
your reference and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore, if
there is any change in email address please contact us on time.
Congratulation once again from Facebook.
yours in service,
Doctor Shane Zhunan,
Facebook Lottery Facilitator.
|
Anti-fraud resources:
