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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.
  • james.franklynhsbc@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james franklyn" <james.franklyn27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james.franklynhsbc@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:42:50 +0000
Subject: Kindly be Notified

Sir/Madam

We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$8,500,000.00 dollars only,
into our official ESCROW account with the CITIBANK in London,UK by order of
the African Development Bank (ADB) incharge of Foreign Debt Recovery
Committee on Overdue Contract / Next of Kin payments in Africa, as indicated
in our database.

Kindly provide us with the below information by Email:
james.franklynhsbc@yahoo.co.uk to reconfirm your details in our database for
immediate remittance into your designated account;

Beneficiary
name:...........................................................................

Address:.......................................................................................

Tel:.............................................
*Fax:.........................................

Receiving
Bank:..............................................................................

Address:........................................................................................

Bank Routing Number:............................ Swift
Code:.......................

Account
number:.............................................................................

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communication with your associate in any of the African countries for they
contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds. Our final fund
release order will be forwarded to our operational paying bank, the CITIBANK
in London, UK for immediate transfer of your allocation into your designated
account upon receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our
database.

Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this
notice.

Yours in service,

Mr.JAMES FRANKLYN.
Manager, Foreign Operations Dept.(HSBC)

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