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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: "HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hawksfinancetrustltd@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:01:56 -0700
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS NOTIFICATION IS NEEDED

HAWKS SECURITY LIMITED.
HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY.
SUITE 21 LORDS BUSINESS CENTRE
LORDS HOUSE 665 NORTH CIRCULAR R.
LONDON
NW2 7AX
Tel: +44 7045 7622 73
Fax: +44 7075 0098 68
Date: 05-04-2011



Dear Beneficiary,


This is Dr. Bertram Maxwell PHD, Director, Currency Operations Department (HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY - U.K).

I write to inform you that the authorities of HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY - U.K, has just been completed an extensive audit of our Capital Account and after thorough scrutiny, we have discovered with great dismay, that £4,846,800.00 {Four Million, Eight Hundred And Forty Six Thousand, British Pounds Sterling Only}, was deposited in your FAMILY NAME, by a late relative of yours who worked here in London, with Shell International Petroleum - United Kingdom.

It was also discovered that the said funds, has been lying unclaimed in the Capital Account of HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY, since August 2006.
The funds in question is your FAMILY MONEY and you have been appointed to claim it on behalf of your entire family.

Upon thorough verifications from our database, it has come to our knowledge that you have been sent several notifications to come forward and receive your Inheritance/Funds, but you never turned up.

Therefore, I have been mandated by the board, to send you another notification, for your urgent need to come forward to receive your unclaimed Inheritance entitlements, as stated above, within the next five (5) days of this last notice, otherwise the account where your relative's funds is currently deposited, will be declared un-serviceable and funds deposited therein, will be confiscated by the U.K Government.

Therefore, as a matter of urgency and importance, you are advised to lay claims to the funds in question, before the speculated time frame, by re-confirming the following informations below:

1). Your Full Name: ______________________________
2). Your Home Address: _______________
3). City of Present Residence: _______________________________
4). Direct Telephone Number: ______________________________
5). Mobile Number: ____________________________________
6). Occupation: ___________________________
7). Name of your nearest International Airport: ________________________________
8). Attached Copy of Working Identity Card or International Passport


As soon as I receive your response to this notification, with the aforementioned details, I will forward a formal recommendation and presentation of your details to the Board of Directors, for approval as the NEXT OF KIN and beneficiary of the funds, stated above.

Also all the necessary paperworks (Inheritance Funds Release Certificates), which will enable you make claims to the funds, will be forwarded to you as soon as possible.

Finally, we expect your prompt response to this notification, so as to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Looking forward to your prompt response.

Sincerely submitted,

Dr. Bertram Maxwell PHD
DIRECTOR, CURRENCY OPERATIONS DEPT.
FOR: HAWKS FINANCE SECURITY & TRUST COMPANY - U.K.

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