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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)
  • cbnchrls@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison miller" <hsbcmiller@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:43:00 +0000
Subject: HSBC BANK LONDON READ WELL HAVE HOPE YOUR TRANSFER MUST ALERTED

 

Hi  Sir  Friend,

This   is   senior   Auditor  mr  Dave   Miller.

From  Hsbc  Bank  London.

yesterday  I  told  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney  to  contact  you   about  your  transfer  fund  to  avoid  enter  Dormant  account  in  swiss  world  because  if we  does  so,  American  Government  shall  seiz  your  Fund  as  terrorist  fund  or  Drug  fund.

as  i  told  you   earlier  last  two  weeks   when  i  came  back  from  general   confrence  in   china   i  still  mentained  with  my  words   that   if  you  shall   fullfil   obligation   by  geting  this  Tax  clearance  paper   work  done  from  charles  soludo   i  must  make  sure   that  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney   will  kickout   your  transfer  fund   to  your  best  choice.

let  me  advice  you  that  in  my  closeture  Audit   of  amount   bsicaly  in  this   your  fund   we  findout   that  Hsbc  Bank   has  figure  your  transfer  fund  to  transfer  the  sum  of  fifteen  million  dollars   in  respect  of your  name  and  as  soon  as  you  submmit  this  last  paper  Tax  clearance  from  charles  soludo   something   welcome   must  be  achieved   from   your  side.

do  not   contact  another  email   address   about  charles  soludo   unless   this   two  emails  to  avoid  those  bad  eggs   claiming  to  be  charles  soludo  because  we  have  all  the  report   from  CNN   net  work  programm.

see   contact   of  soludo   reach  him  as  urgent.  have  hope.

NAME  :   CHARLES  SOLUDO  CBN.

EMAIL :   charles1_s@hotmail.com

EMAIL :   cbnchrls@yahoo.com

PHONE :  234-805-5462866

PHONE :  234-803-4826233

HI  REGARDS  DAVE  MILLER  HSBC  BANK  LONDON.

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