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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: "Mr. Vincent Hong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hhongvincent@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 23:10:00 +0100
Subject: Reply

Good Day,

I am Mr.Vincent Hong, Non Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Hong Kong. My apologies for contacting you in such a manner. An Iraqi named Haider Hanoon,a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of Forty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch.Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war, Seven years ago (2003). Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Haider Hanoon and his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home at Mukaradeeb.


After further investigation it was also discovered that Haider Hanoon did not declare any next of kin in his official papers.So, Forty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the laws of my
country at the expiration of seven years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim
the funds.

I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary to Haider Hanoon to enable you receive the funds.

Please reach me only on hhnngvincent@yahoo.cn for further info.

Vincent Hong
hhnngvincent@yahoo.cn


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