419 scam: "hamza sheriff" <barristerhamzasheriff@hotmail.com> Re: How to send the fees worth$780 ?

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: "hamza sheriff" <barristerhamzasheriff@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:16:59 +0700
Subject: Re: How to send the fees worth$780 ?

ASSALAM:

YOUR MAIL HAS BEEN RECEIVE AND WELL UNDERSTOOD,AS REGARDS YOUR MAIL,YOUR
CHARGES SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH BANK TO BANK PAYMENT SYSTEM OR WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE US DELIVER YOUR WONED CHEQUE TO YOU ON
TIME. ( THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SYSTEM NAME HAMZA SHERIFF
JAKARTA INDONESIA) THROUGH BANK TO BANK PAYMENT SYSTEM.
BANK/LIPPO BANK
ACCNT NAME/HELEN SUNARTO
ACC NO/880-10-00491-1
SWIFT CODE/LIPBIDJA
BRANCH/CABANG KALI MALANG BEKASI INDONESIA.

IMMEDIATELY YOU MAKE YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH THE ABOVE MENTION METHOD,THE
PAYMENT INFORMATION WILL BE NEEDED TO CONFIRM YOUR PAYMENT AND UP HOLD YOUR
FILE IN THE OFFICE.AND ALSO GIVEN YOU EVERY ASSURANCE THAT AS SOON AS YOUR
CHARGES HAS BEEN CONFIRM AN URGENT ACTION HAS TO BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO
DELIVER YOUR WONED CHEQUE TO YOU IN YOUR GIVEN ADDRESS WITHEN 2 WORKING DAYS
VIA OUR INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY OFFICER NAME ( MR SMITH) WHO WILL HAND YOU
OVER YOUR WONED CHEQUE TO YOU IN YOUR RESIDENCE.NOTE THAT WE ARE YET TO
RECEIVE THE SCAN COPY OF YOUR NATIONAL ID CARD FOR PROPER VERIFICATIONS.YOUR
URGENT RESPONSE WILL HELP US TO ACHIVE YOUR DREAMS.

THANKS AND BEST REGARDS
BARR.H.SHERIFF.

_________________________________________________________________
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

--

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam