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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024015382 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Harrison Mccqueeney" <harrison_mccqueeney1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: harrisonmccqhsbc@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:58:14 +0000
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR MONEY FROM HSBC BANK LONDON, STOP THOSE ILLEGAL BANKS.

 

                                                                                           

                                   HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
                                           HEAD  QUARTER                  BRITISH
                                           BOX 1126 LONDON 
                                           PHONE : 44-7024015382
                                           PHONE: 44-7024015340
                                           FAX: 44-8704783003

ATTN:  sir 

 

I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind,  HSBC BANK receive your Money from Central Bank of Africa from  the  trust person who want your faviour  not want your transfer money to get lost as they contacted us to make sure  you must receive your fund in this successful transfer arrangement, Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self to you.

 

I am  Dr  HARRISON  MCCQUEENEY  Transfer Telegraphic

Officer HSBC BANK London United  kingdom.

 

Certainly  As a mater of fact, We want to transfer your fund to any of your overseas bank account (US$,22.500,000.00000 USD) Twenty Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) Wich  received  from Central Bank of Africa, I want you to quietly  funish us with any of your present function bank account that will be capable and fit to credit your fund without further delay and immediately you receive this your money I must make trip to your country for compensation, make  sure  you will remain honesty to me till the end of  the  final transfer of your fund, i will trust  you and  belive  in God that you will never let me down either now or in the near future.

 

during the time of our audit HSBC  BANK   discovere the fund of the above

mentioned amount in baseless account opened in our bank as your personal fund but since then  nobody was operate in this account again, That is why  HSBC BANK Decided  to contact you  as  urgent  to Transfer the  said  Fund (US$,22.500,000.000.00 USD )to your current bank account, now  you have  to  furnish us with all your Bank Information including your phone and fax to enable us proceed and credit your Fund Before I will Travel meet you face to

face in your Country to share Joy Together  and  for you to compensate us.

 

What  HSBC BANK Want from you now as urgent is:

1 ) Your Bank Account.

2) Your personal phone and fax.

3 ) the name of your Agent in Your bank if atall you have Agent but if notdont worry.

4 ) The Affidavit of Claim is To Enable us attach to your file and credit your Fund.

 

Bear in mind that after credit your fund you must compensate us as banker wokers who play roll and credit your fund .

 

treat as most confidential to avoid those bad eggs of the wold not to discover our contact / your contact or your company because they are not honesty.

 

 call  me  in  London  united  kingdom  for  oral  discussion:

 

Regards: DR HARRISON MCCQUEENEY

 

PHONE : 44-7024015382

PHONE: 44-7024015340

FAX: 44-8704783003

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