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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:
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447024021205 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348039278055 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • donkester60@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?DAVIS_ANDERSON?=" <ss.mmm10@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:11:26 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?NOTIFICATION_OF_YOUR_CREDIT_PAYMENT?=


HSBC BANK
5 Upper Grosvenor Streets,
London W1 Tube, Bond Street
United Kingdom
TEL:+44-702-402-1205
E-MAIL: foreignremittancedept556@live.com


ATTN: Beneficiary,

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR CREDIT PAYMENT

We have today, the 14th day of May 2008, received a payment credit instruction from the Government of united kingdom to credit your nominated bank account with 15million USD as your part contract/Inherited funds from the united kingdom infastructural reserve fund. you are advise to forward to us the following information to enable us expedite action you your immediate transfer of this said fund into your account.

NAME.....................
ADDRESS...............
AGE......................
PHONE NUMBER............
RELIGION.................
OCCUPATION.............
SEX........
MARITAL STATUS...........
NATIONALITY...............
COUNTRY..................
AND ALSO YOUR:

BANK NAME.........
BANK ADDRESSS.......
BANK TEL. NUMBER.......
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER...................



You are therefore advised to contact The International Monitory Funds (I.M.F) Attaché /official with Central Bank of UNITED KINGDOM from Mr. DON KESTER, Who is now overseeing the affairs of contract and inherited foreign Credit payments on his direct telephone +2348039278055 for the following Security Numbers: RESTRICTED, ONLY TO BE GIVEN WHEN YOU CALL. E-mail: donkester60@yahoo.com for re-clarification and obtain your payment Access Code #, including a copy of your Payment Revalidation Clearance Code #, which will aid us, activates/credit your account indicated above accordingly.

As soon as you obtain the two related vital payment Codes the Hsbc Bank will not hesitate to credit your account within 24hours in accordance with funds release order regulations.

Every other related information will be given to you whenever we receive your call or mail.

We remain the Hsbc Bank London.

Yours sincerely,




MR. DAVIS ANDERSON
Credit Control Division
HSBC BANK LONDON

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