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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • charles1_s@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison miller" <hsbcmiller@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:16:53 +0000
Subject: hsbc bank as your transfer is alart now

                           
                                 HSBC's world headquartersLONDON: Global bank HSBC   

 

                             HSBC OFFSHORE BANK 
                                    HEAD QUARTER BRITISH 
                                    BOX 1126 LONDON 

                                       :    44 70457 00188
                                            44 70457 00189
                                     FAX: 44-8704783003

 

Attn   sir.

 

This  is  Dave  miller.

let  me  advice  you  as  auditor  that  this  is  the  time   we  have  to  transfer  your  fifteen  million  dollars  by  this  end  of  the  year   as  our  bank  brought  out  this  email  to  contact  your  bank  or  to  send  your  bank  Draft  to  your  house  address   this  is  the  email : hsbcbanklondon@hsbcbankstaffemail.com

all  your  correspondent  shall  be  in  this  email  address  above  as  we  have  already  make  it  to  use  to  send  your  transfer   immediately  you  get  this  last  paper  from  charles   soludo  the  governor  of  central  bank  where  we  are  from  get  your  master  transfer  fund.

see   charles  soludo official   email  :  governoroffice@central-bankofnigeria.net     or   email  :  charles1_s@hotmail.com    phone :  234-805-5462866  to  reach  him :  as  your  paper  is  ready  now  and  he  will  give  you  little  fees  due  bonanza  christmas.

maybe  you  can  call  me  in  london :  44 70457 00188
                                            44 70457 00189

Thanks   Dave  Miller   hsbc  bank  london

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