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"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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: johnson willams <max112017@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 03:40:37 +0200
Subject: morning




HSBC HOLDINGS
PLC. LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN

THE CHIEF
AUDITOR (H.S.B.C BANK LONDON).


HSBC Group Head
Office

Address: HSBC
Holdings plc

8 Canada Square,London E14 5HQTel:

Dear Sir/Madam,



I know that this mail will
come to you as surprises we have never meet before. My name is Dr. Johnson Williams, the director in charge of Chief Auditing and Accounting Unit
of HSBC BANK LONDON I and my colleagues, hoped that you will not expose or
betray this trust and confidant that I am about to repose on you for the mutual
benefit of our both families. I am writing in respect of Mr. Anh, Il Tae of a foreign customer of our Bank who perished long
with his next of kin with Korean Air Line, flight number 801with the whole
passengers on 6th of Augustus 1997, Open and view the website:http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

Since the demise of this our
customer, I personally has watched with Keen interest to see the next of kin
but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of £10.000.000,00 (Ten Million Pounds), which
has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek
for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin since nobody is coming for
the fund again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more
than 16 years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank treasury as
unclaimed fund after this period. In view of this I got your contact through
the Internet when I was making a research on a foreigner that I will use in
this great opportunity because I don’t want the money to be recalled to our
Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I have also agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum and the rest 70% will be for me. The reason for a
foreigner in the Business is for the fact that the deceased man was a foreigner
and it is not authorized by the law guiding our Bank for a citizen of this
country to make the claim of the fund. So the Request of you as a foreigner is
necessary to apply for the release and transfer of the fund smoothly into your
reliable Bank account as the Surving Relation to the deceased. If you are
really sure of your integrity, trust worthy and confidentiality, and accept not
to cheat or disappoint me after this business, then be rest assured that this
transaction is 100% risky free.



Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you by fax or
e-mail on the next procedure to follow in other to execute this transaction .I
will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and
don’t have any negative impact. You should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized,
this transaction will be completed within 14-bank working Days immediately we
start the business. Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete
if you are not interested. Email me with this :( johnsonwilliams503@gmail.com)



Regards,



Dr.Johnson Williams




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