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: "NH JOB VACANCIES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nharringtonhotel@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:18:29 +0530
Subject: NH JOB VACANCIES

Dear Job Seeker,
The NH Harrington Hall Hotel (www.harringtonhallhotel.co.uk)
This is a great opportunity moment for an exotic candidates (outside UK) who wish to work here in
the United Kingdom in different skills such as Primary Skill Lab our(PSL), Secondary Skill Lab our (SSL) and
Semi Skill Lab our (SSL2) under the management of our hotel.
Our hotel is eagerly in need of successful candidates to occupy our new erected branch in South Kensington
here in United Kingdom. The candidates needed are as follows:Manager ,Dept Manager, Account Department
,House Keeper, Cook Chef ,WAITER ,Sales Manager,Front Manager ,Service & Maintenance Engineering ,
Customer Manager ,Software/Hardware Eng ,Cleaners,
Medical Attendant ,Drivers, Reservation Desk ,IT DEPARTMENT Web Developer ,Computer Engineer /Operator
,Network Administrator, Database Management ,Telecoms Technical ,Civil, Electrical Mechanical Engineering,
If you interested, send your international passport scan copy with your resume to the recruiting Department
(Mr.Williams James) via email (nharringtonhotel@live.co.uk) for standard application and procedures.
The hotel management will apply for the work permits and visas of all candidates at the UK Home Office (British Embassy).
Thanks.
Mr.Williams James.
+448719746205
Human Resources Management

Anti-fraud resources: