joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

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:

Fraud email example:

From: "yong ling" <linglink6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: linglink@wall.com
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:23:19 -0900
Subject: Hang Seng Bank Ltd

FROM:DR.YONG LING
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
Sai Wan Ho Branch
171 Shaukiwan Road
Hong Kong.



Let me start by introducing myself. I am Dr.Yong Ling director of operations
of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd,Sai Wan Ho Branch.I have an obscured business
suggestion for you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war, our client Major Fadi Basem who was with the
Iraqi forces and also a business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18
calendar months, with a value of Fifty Five million,Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars(US$55.5M) only in my branch.Upon maturity several
notice was sent to him, even during the war two years ago(2003).Again after
the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him.
We later found out that the Major and his family had been killed during the
war in bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi Basem did
not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work
of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my
office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.So,Fifty Five
million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars(US$55.5M) is still lying
in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.What bothers me
most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration four
years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will
be able to receive his funds.

Please,if you are capable of standing as the next of Kin to Major Fadi
Basem,you should indicate so that i will give you more information.

Absolute confidentiality is required from you.Besides,I will use my
connection to get some documents to back up the fund so that the fund can
not be question by any authourity.

More information await you in my next response to your email message.

Treat as very urgent.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.Yong Ling.


Anti-fraud resources: