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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447024023525 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC BANK" <ourjoylevick3@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: ourjoylevick@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:43:29 +0100
Subject: FROM HSBC BANK LONDON


REFERENCE NO.008/HSBC/BANK/08
HSBC BANK LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM.
IMMEDIATE OVERDUE PAYMENT RELEASE.

Attention:


We hereby confirm the receipt of part payment of D$8,500,000.00 (Eight
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) only, into our ESCROW
vault/account with the HSBC Bank in London by order of the Foreign Debt
Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract/Lotto Award/Inheritance payments in
Africa/Overseas via the African Development Bank (ADB), as indicated in our
database.


We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communications with any other payment centers in any part of overseas
countries, as well as your associates in any of the African countries e.g.,
South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Abidjan, Angola, Cotonou for they
contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds.


Kindly provide us with the below information to reconfirm your details in
our database and for our prompt payment procedures.


Beneficiary's name/Age: …………………………….............…………………
Company's name/Rank in office: ………………………………..........…......
Address…………………………………………………………………..................
Tel: ……………………………………………*Fax: ……………......................
Receiving Bank: …………………………………………………….................….
Address: …………………………………………………………….....................
Bank Routing Number: …………………………………...............………......
Account number: …………………………………………………….................

Our final "Fund Release Order" (FRO) will be forwarded to our operational
paying bank, the HSBC Bank in London , UK for the immediate release of your
allocation to you upon receipt and official re-confirmation of the above
Information.

For any further inquiry, please contact the undersigned officer as funds
will be retrieved to the Treasury after ten (10) business days of this
notice. Once again, you are strictly warned against your further
communications with your unscrupulous associates.


Yours in Service,

Sam June.
Foreign operations Dept.
HSBC Bank London
Tel: 44-702-402-3525 Office
Tel: 44-704-576-3599 Mobile

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