419 scam: "FROM. HSBC BANK LONDON" <smithhill92@gmail.com> From.HSBC BANK, PAYMENT APPROVED

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
- "dr_daniel_mminele_accountant@yahoo.co.za" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +27780594695 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM. HSBC BANK LONDON" <smithhill92@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr_daniel_mminele_accountant@yahoo.co.za
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:37:59 +0200
Subject: From.HSBC BANK, PAYMENT APPROVED

FROM: HSBC BANK
THE WORLDâ€™S Local BANK
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNIT
THE TELEX AND CREDIT SECTION, FUND MONITORING AND AUTHORIZATION OFFICE

Attention: Beneficiary.

This is to notify you that after series of meeting our board of directors
held with the United Kingdom Inland Revenue Services regarding series of
complains that we received from the general public regarding their fund
that was unclaimed due to their communication with wrong people that
claimed to be bank officials and agents in Africa, Asia and United Kingdom.
Right now, we have decided to carry on the release of your fund by
ourselves because your fund returned back to us on 12th of January 2014
when we asked our Affiliated Bank (Barclayâ€™s Bank and Royal Bank of Canada)
to stop all their communication with the general public regarding the
release of their compensation fund.

The World Bank President (Mr. Jim Yong Kim) has given us and the Inland
Revenue Services Department of England a serious warning to make sure that
the fund should be released to the beneficiaries. This Instruction was made
after (The HSBC Bank London) was charged of $1.92 Billion to Settle Charges
of Money Laundering as published in this site (
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/hsbc-said-to-near-1-9-billion-settlement-over-money-laundering/
).

Because of this, we (THE HSBC BANK) have chosen a capable affiliated Bank
of our choice to handle this transaction for us in our place.(South African
Reserve Bank).

Therefore, you are to contact them in the person bellow: Mr. Daniel Aaron.
Mminele (Deputy Governor SARB) However, We apologize for the delay of your
payment and all the inconveniences that we might have caused you during
this period and at the same time urge you to stop all your communication
with any person or entity claiming to release a compensation fund to you.
To receive your funds, you must obtain the VITAL FICA FORM Very important
otherwise no payment. NB: Your funds have been place under Insurance.

Therefore, you are to contact us on this email with the below details to
direct you on how to receive your fund through a diplomatic means:
dr_daniel_mminele_accountant@yahoo.co.za or call him: line: +27 78 059 4695
Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not instruct any other Bank or agent
in this payment except (Mr. Daniel A. Mminele), whom we can only give
attention to, and from now, we advise you to stop all communications you
are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia, USA and
Africa regarding your payment and contact Mr. Daniel Mminele.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Stuart Gulliver,
Group Chief Executive
HSBC Bank Plc London.
Â©Copyright 2013/2015 HSBC Bank Plc London Diplomatic Compensation Payment
All rights reserved. Terms of Service- Guideline.

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