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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • hsbcbank.liverpool19@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC BANK" <infod9@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: hsbcbank.liverpool19@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:05:25 -0700
Subject: HSBC BANK, LIVERPOOL BRANCH.


*HSBC BANK, **LIVERPOOL** BRANCH.**
**Liverpool**, **L70 1NL**
**UNITED KINGDOM**
*
*Ref: UK/9420X2/68 **
Batch: 074/05/ZY369*
**
*ATTENTION: *
**
We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$17,500,000.00 dollars
only, into our official ESCROW account in London, wired by *African Debt
Settlement Scheme* (ADS) to be disburse by five Contractors / Beneficiaries
which your name and E-mail address was indicated in our database.

This programmed was introduced by African Continents via (AU) supervision
for payment and settlement of their Foreign Contractors / Beneficiaries as
most of their foreign contractors / beneficiaries are suffering untold
hardship to get their funds in their respective countries hence this scheme
was introduced, On that effect you have been scheduled for a part- payment
of $3.5m to be wiring to your account as you shall provide within next 24
hours as soon as matters were been cleared / regularized .

Kindly provide full information by facsimile as indicated +*44-70-3592-0355*,
or Email *hsbcbank.liverpool19@yahoo.co.uk*<http://uk.f277.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk>to
enable this bank proceed for the immediate remittance into your
designated account; Note: you are required to send us your full name,
address, telephone/fax numbers including a copy of your Identification i.e.
Passport or Driver's License

Our final fund release order will be forwarding to your receiving bank upon
receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our database. We
only pay through direct bank to bank Wire transfer.
.Note: Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of
this notice.

**
*PLEASE YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT THE FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION FOR
CONFORMATION OF YOUR FUND.*
*FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION*
* *
*ROBERT S. MUELLER *
*DIRECTOR,FBI*
*E-MAIL: www.fbi19@live.com*
*Direct Line: +2564237000*
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

*Best Regards*
**
*Chrs Anderson.*

*
Chrs Anderson
*
*MANAGER HSBC BANK **LIVERPOOL** U.K*
*hsbcbank.liverpool19@yahoo.co.uk*
*Tel/Fax*:* 44-70-3592-0355*

Anti-fraud resources:

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