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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC BANK" <hsbcuk15@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: wa_lc@live.com
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 11:07:22 -0700
Subject: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


Attn: Beneficiary


Attention on Your Long overdue Payment.


I saw your email ( in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid
contractors, inheritance next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that was
originated from Africa, Europe, Asia Plus Middle east, Americans ) among the
list of individuals and
companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the HSBC BANK LONDON
BRANCH, UNITED KINGDOM.


Your email appeared among the beneficiaries, who will receive a part-payment
of your contractual sum and has been approved already for months. You are
requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to
receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Mr. Virgle Lee Samples who told us
that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week.
He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him
including his
International passport, we want to hear from you before we can make the
transfer to confirm if you are dead or not.

Note you are to Re-confirm this form below and send it to him (Mrs.
Rosemary Mc) to file for your claim

FULL NAME.:
DATE OF BIRTH:
ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
SEX:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
TELEPHONE:
EMAIL:
DATE:
FAX:
ACCOUNT NUMBER:
BANK NAME AND ADDRESS:


Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary
Fund) for failure to pay your funds in time, which according to records in
the system had been long overdue.



Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Rosemary Mc

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