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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:
Fraud email example:
From: "Douglas Flint" <douglasjflint27@g.pl>
Reply-To: douglasjflint@live.com
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:44:39 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
HSBC Bank plc
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Telephone: +4470359 20192
Fax Number: +4470059 76358
douglasjflint@live.com
Website: www.hsbc.com
Attention: Beneficiary.
We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$11,500,000.00 dollars only
with Bank Draft and ATM CARD deposited into our official ESCROW account with
the HSBC Bank in London by order of the West African Economic Control
Authority (WAECA) inline with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in charge
of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract/Beneficiary and
Inheritance payments in Africa, as indicated in our database.
Kindly provide us with the below information by E-mail: re-confirming your
details in our database for immediate remittance of your payment into your
designated bank account in country.
Beneficiary name: _______________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
Tel: ____________________________ Fax: ___________________________
Age: ______________ Occupation: _______________________________
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 any financial institution and delivery company or
International Monitoring Fund (IMF) and your associate in any part of the
third world country (African) for they contributed 100% hindrances to the
release of your funds. Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our
operational paying bank, HSBC Bank in London-UK for immediate transfer of
your allocation into your designated bank 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. Douglas J. Flint.
Group Finance Director and Executive Director.
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