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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: "HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:41:31 +0100
Subject: FOLLOW BANK PROCEDURES NOW AND GET YOUR MONEY INSTANTLY, NO FEE REQUIRED. HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK HSBC BANK

New Page 2

ATTN:

There have been series of meetings of Board of Directors of HSBC bank over the successful transfer of your money to your local bank account. It is discovered that you did not follow bank laid down procedures carefully.

You are not going to pay any fees at all again, but you must comply with bank laid down procedures now. The below portal is what you will use to make the transfer of your money. Just copy the link and paste it on your browser and follow it accordingly.


Copy and paste or Click on this link:


http://bankofcanada.ml/hsbcbank.html


passcode: hsbc200509877



FILL - IN all your correct DESTINATION BANK ACCOUNT information, so that the transfer can go through, because if you fill wrong information or you make mistake, your transfer will not go through and you will not blame us if your money is wrongly credited to another bank account.

When you reach WIRECODE, leave it there, your money will be automatically credited to any bank of your choice you entered and all relevant TRANSFER SLIPS will be delivered to the email address you have filled, please don't alter any of your information within 24 hours to allow our server complete the transfer process.

We are here to serve you better, please have confidence in us all.

HSBC.

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