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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:
  • ",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 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.
  • +447024021579 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: hslondon_1960@live.com
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:58:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REPLY VERY URGENT


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:hsbcb20@yahoo.cl



- HSBC BANK LONDON UK (Advancing Payment Solution Worldwide) London EC2N 2HA, United Kingdom Foreign Operations Unit Processing & Payment Department Tel: +44 7024021579www.hsbc.co.uk PAYING BANK: HSBC BANK (UK) LTD FILE RE: CCHS/97531/HSBC-OX1/08 TRANS CODE: QV99/43IV-HSBC/08 AMOUNT: US$5,500,000.00 DOLLARS ONLY. Attention: Beneficiary Reference to the letter of nomination forwarded to us by the Debt Recovery Committee regarding your part payment sum of US$5,500,000.00 dollars deposited into our vault account with the HSBC Bank in London UK, our foreign payment operations have reviewed the allocation for further credit to your new changed account as stated below. Please clarify your awareness to the below changed account. Bank Name: Bank of Australia and New Zealand Address: Antarctic Branch, Floor 3/287 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia BSB: 013006 Swift: ANZBAU3M Account No: 224837-ANTC Account Name: Brian Constructions However, our transfer instructions based on the above new account have been posted to our operational paying bank, the HSBC Bank in London for transfer of your fund. Please call the customer service of the HSBC Bank on Tel: +44 7024021579 Ext. 1 quoting the above file reference number and within 48hrs for any change, as no change of information will be affected after transfer of funds. Finally, your urgent response is highly needed, as time is running against our official payment schedule. Regards, Mrs. Faith Gene Head of Foreign OperationsHSBC Bank London.

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