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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mrrobnarty@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC BANK GHANA" <robertnarteygh@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrrobnarty@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 08:31:06 +0100
Subject: IMMEDIATE SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$4.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

HSBC Equator
Member HSBC Group, Accra-Ghana

International Transfer
Processing Department
Trust Towers Asylum Down
2nd Floor PMB CCCI
Cantonments, Accra Ghana
E-mail: hsbc_bank_gh@accountant.com (office)
mrrobnarty@yahoo.com (private)

ATTN: SIR,

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$4.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

I am MR. ROBERT NARTEY, the Head of Treasury Department of HSBC BANK
ACCRA GHANA.

Sometime ago, in our bank your contract money was brought to our bank
from Economic Community of West African Foreign Contractor Payment Panel
made of with the following countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Rep. Benin,
Senegal,Ivory-coast, Gambia, Mali, etc.

(Ecowas), AND AFTER SOME PERIOD, They call the fund bank to their
treasury in World Bank. For the period of time this money was in our bank, it
generated an interest of US$4.5 Million, which we considered your long
suffering as one of the West African Countries contractor that have not
received his/her payment and we decide to pay you this interest fund
via Swift Transfer into your account.

What we need from you now is any form of your identification for
example; your international passport number or your driving license number,
then your telephone and fax number for easy communication.

In view of this you are hereby instructed to contact this office
immediately you receive this fax/Email message and reconfirm your bank particulars.

The HSBC Bank is therefore apologizing for any form of delay you might
have encountered in the course of the transfer. We are poised to serve you
better.

Contact me on my E-mail: mrrobnarty@yahoo.com expecting your immediately response.

Waiting to hear from you.

Thanks and God bless you in all your endeavours towards this transaction.

Best Regards,

MR. ROBERT NARTEY
HEAD OF TREASURY DEPARTMENT
HSBC BANK ACCRA GHANA
E-MAIL: mrrobnarty@yahoo.com

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