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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Alex williams" <alexwilliams@plasa.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:23:16 +0100
Subject: PART PAYMENT ARREARS

To: BENEFICIARY
FROM: MR.ALEX WILLIAMS
WIRE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.

PART PAYMENT ARREARS TOTALLING US$10 MILLION

This email transmission is intended for the named
recipient only and may contain privileged and
confidential information. If you have received this
email in error, Please notify us immediately. Please
do not disclose the contents to anyone or copy it to
outside parties. Thank you.

Message.

ATTN:SIR,

We are pleased to inform you that we have negotiated instruction with
our
correspondent Bank Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. (UBN) to draw US$10
million
which represent part payment of your contract fund from their account
with
us and credit in your favor in settlement of a contract involving the
Nigeria government. The transfer is irrevocable, indivisible and
non-transferable.

This transaction has been secured with personal
identification computerized sealed Numbers, Contract Accreditation Pin
No,
Transfer Access Code (Tag) and anti terrorist clearance certificate to
enable us identify the bonfire beneficiary and to avoid diversion of
the
fund to wrong account.

Please contact the Director, Foreign Operations Union
Bank of Nigeria plc (UBN) Attn: AHMED USMAN on his Email:u_ahmedusman@yahoo.com

Your are required to furnish your:
1). Telephone,fax number
2). Home delivery address (not P.O.BOX)
3) Any form of identification preferably Driving
Licence Scanned and attached to the email above.

This is to enable us release your fund through
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT that will be
courier through our Diplomatic means to your DOORSTEP
without any further delay. If we do not receive these information for
re-confirmation from you within 7 days from date of this email the
transfer
will be null and void as we have many contractors to pay.

You are advised to act fast
regarding to this subject matter as we have a limited
time to conclude all payment in this second quarter of
the year.

For further enquiry you can contact this bank with the
above telephone number. We are most sincerely sorry
for every inconvenience as occasion in this matter.

Yours truly,
HSBC
WIRE TRANSFER PROCESSING DIV.
MADRID SPAIN.
MR.ALEX WILLIAMS
Senior managing Director
Security & Investigation

H.S.B.C.
Wire transfer Processing Division
12,Calle Street, Del Carlos Leganes Madrid Spain.
GL 32 BY U.K HONBANK SWIFT HBCBK 353

00 999 0367826 8366410
Registered in U.K number 720662. Registered Office:
12,Calle Street del Carlos Leganes Madrid, Spain.



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