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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 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.
  • +447045700189 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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)
  • cbnchrls@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mccqueeney2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:59:31 -0700
Subject: hsbc bank am Dr mccqueeney kindly go trough well

 

Attn  Sir.

I  am  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney  Hsbc  Bank  London.

ok  i  will  advice  you  that  your  transfer  has  already  concluded  that  you  must  get  it  during  this  xmas  season  immediately  you  get  this  last  paper  from  charles  soludo  then  we  shall   send  your  transfer  without  futher  delay.

let  me  advice  you  that  the  fees  now  does  not  required  you  to  take  any  loan  because  it  has  come  down   to  little  amount  according  to   prof  charles  soludo  due  to  xmas  bonanza   which  set  up  for  every   beneficiary  to  enable  each  one  to  have  their  transfer  fund   this  time  around.

what  you  should  do  is  to contact  charles  soludo to  give  your  the  last  paper   informations  plus  your  phone  number  then  we  shall  give  you  the  number  to  claim  your  fund  in  the  bank  near  you.

let  me  tells  you  that  immediately  he  issue  this  last  paper  of  your  claim  the  next  thing  is  to  send  the  transfer of  fifteen  million  dollars  to  your  bank  account  the  same  day  or  you  can  receive  the  money  with  bank  Draft.

see   charles  soludo  email  to  contact  him  regarding  your  last  paper  of  claim.

name  :   charles   soludo  cbn.

email :   charles1_s@hotmail.com

email :  cbnchrls@yahoo.com

phone :  234-805-5462866   his  mobile.

best  Regards  Dr  Mccqueeney   Hsbc  bank  london.

you  can  call  me  in  london  for  oral  discussion  :PHONE :+44 70457 00189    or  +44 70457 00188

  kindly  reply  here "  mccqueeney2@hotmail.com

 

 

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