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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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: "Mr.Chan Kwok Wai Patrick" <bibliomonde@noos.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:31:26 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT


HSBC Bank Malaysia
36-38 Jnl Leadenhall
Sabah branch 147800
Malaysia.

Good Day,
 
 
I am Mr Chan Kwok Wai Patrick Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer in HSBC BANK MALAYSIA

HSBC Bank Malaysia and Account Officer to late ( Major Aboutaam Suada),
Although, I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via, personal search

while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist me in this pending transaction.
Before the Isreali and Palestina Fight our client Major Aboutaam Suada who was with the

Isreali forces and also a Business man made a numbered fixed deposit of $24,500,000.(Twenty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only) in my Branch. Upon maturity

several notice was sent to him during the Fight. Again after the war another notification

was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that the Major and his

family had been killed during the Rocket blast that hit their home.
 
After further investigation I discovered that Major Aboutaam Suada did not declare any next

of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his Bank deposit. And he also

confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit

in my Bank,So millions of United State Dollars is still lying in my Bank and no one will

ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my

country at the expiration of some years the funds will revert to a Dormant or Escrow

Account, if nobody applies to claim the funds as the late Major next of Kin ,and

unfortunately he has no family member who is aware of the existence of the money Against

this backdrop,  My Proposal to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the

next of kin to Major Aboutaam Suada so that you will be able to receive his funds for both

of us.
 
The Bank recently  issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or they we have his

Account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days . Since I have been

unsuccesfull in locating the relatives , I seek the consent to present you as the next of

kin to late ( Major Aboutaam Suada),so that the Bank will effect the transfer to your

Account  in your name ,then I will come  over to meet with you in your country for

disbursements.
 
Should you be interested ,send me your full names,a scanned copy of any form of your

identification and current residential address.We must hurry up with this transaction so

that my Bank and the Government shall not claim and inherit this money because it has

over-stayed. 
 
Note that the sharing rate as soon as this transaction is concluded is 30% for you, 60% for

me and the remaining 10% for any expenses we both incur in the process of this pending

transaction.
 
Yours Truly Business Partner,

Please forward your reply to chankwowaipatrick@yahoo.com
 
Mr Chan Kwok Wai Patrick ,
Executive Director and
Chief Financial Officer,
HSBC Bank Malaysia,
36-38 Jnl Leadenhall
Sabah branch 147800
Malaysia.
Email:chankwowaipatrick@yahoo.com

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