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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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Fraud email example:

From: "harrison miller" <hsbcmiller@msn.com>
Reply-To: hsbcamerica@eresmas.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:54:15 +0000
Subject: HSBC BANK, YOUR TRANSFER MONEY IS NOW IN HSBC BANK AMERICA

HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
HEAD QUARTER UNITED STATE
BOX 1126 CALIFORNIA
EMAIL: hsbcamerica@eresmas.com
FAX : 1-928-7527181

ATTN:sir
I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind, we HSBC BANK
receive your Money from Central Bank of Africa from trust person who want
your faviour and not want your transfer money to get lost as he
contacted us to make sure that you must receive your fund in this
successful transfer arrangement, Before I proceed, I will like to introduce
my humble self to you, I am, Dr HARRISON MCCQUEENEY Transfer Telegraphic
Officer HSBC BANK california United State.

Certainly, As a matter of fact, We want to transfer your fund to any of
your overseas bank account (US$,22.500,000.00000 USD) Twenty Two Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Which from Central Bank of
Africa, I want you to quietly refunish us with any of your present funtion
bank account that will be capable and fit to credit your fund without
further delay and immediately you receive this your money I must make
trip to your country for compensation, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end of this final transfer of your fund, i will
trust in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either
now or in the near future.

during the time of our auditing I discovered the fund of the above
mentioned amount in baseless account opened in our bank as your personal
fund and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, That is why
our HSBC BANK Desided to contact you to Transfer these Fund
(US$,22.500,000.000.00 USD )to your corrent bank account, so you must
refunish us with all your Bank Information including your phone and fax to
enable us proceed and credit your Fund Before I will Travel meet you face to
face in your Country to share Joy Together for you to compensate us.

What our HSBC BANK Want from you now as urgent is:
1 ) Your Bank Account.
2) Your personal phone and fax.
3 ) the name of your Agent in Your bank if atall you have Agent but if not
dont worry.
4 ) The Affidavit of Claim is To Enable us attach to your file and credit
your Fund.

see Barrister Daniel Osuagwu From Central Bank Email and phone
number to contact Him about the Affidavit of claim so that we can
attach it to your File and transfer your money.

Email : daniel_osuagwu@yahoo.com
phone : 234-805-5462866 mobile.
phone : 234-803-4826233 mobile.

Bear in mind that after credit your fund you must compensate us as banker
wokers who play roll and credit your fund .

treat as most confidential to avoid those bad eggs of the wold not to
discover our contact / your contact or your company because they are not
honesty.

have full confidence send fax to me in united state:

FAX : 1-928-7527181

Regards: DR HARRISON MCCQUEENEY
EMAIL: hsbcamerica@eresmas.com


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