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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: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:53:26 -0700
Subject: HSBC BANK HAS MAKE A DESITION TO THE FINAL LEVEL I AM THE MCCQUEEN

DEAR  BENEFICIARY  TO  RECEIVE  FUND.

 

THIS  IS  DR  MCCQUEENEY   HSBC  BANK  LONDON.

LET  ME  ASK  YOU  A  QUESTION ? .

DO  YOU  WANT  OUR  HSBC  BANK LONDON   TO  TRANSFER   YOUR  FUND  TO  DORMANT  ACCOUNT  IN  SWISS  WORLD  BANK ?.

LOOK  WE  DONT  NEED  ANY  DELAY  AGAIN   AS  WE  RECEIVED  ORDER  FROM  NATIONAL HEADQUATER  ABOUT   THOSE   DELAYING  TO  TRANSFER  THEIR   FUND  BECAUSE   UNITED  NATION  HAS  GIVING  US  WARNING  TO  CONTACT  ALL  BENEFICIARY   TO  MAKE  SURE  THEY  WILL  GET  THEIR  FUND  TRANSFER   TO  AVOID  TERRORIST  AND  DRUG  MONEY.

KINDLY  DO  THE  NECESSARY  THING  BUY  ISSUE  US  OUR  REQUIREMENT   SO  THAT  WE  CAN  CREDIT  YOUR  FUND  .

KINDLY  GO  STRAIGHT  TO  WHO  WE  DIRECTED   YOU   TO MAKE  YOUR  TRANSFER  ENDED  BECAUSE  WE  ARE   READY  TO  TRANSFER  YOUR  FUND  NOW.

BEST REGARDS   DR  MCCQUEENEY.


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