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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +447031997718 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hsbcbanklondon670@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "simon@yahoo.com" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsimonukgovernmentoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 01:59:39 +0100
Subject: UNITED NATIONS INTERVENTION

NYS Office of Homeland Security

1220 Washington Avenue

7th Floor, Suite 710

Albany, NY 12226

&

Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And

Inheritance fund Payment Notification

FROM:HSBC Bank UK

Attn: Beneficiary

The U.S.A Government, World Bank,IMF and United Nations Organization

Official Has Approve your part payment of your Contract/Inheritance

payment Valued at $10.5Million in conjunction with British

Government and Homeland Security.

This International Remittance Department(HSBC Bank UK) was

set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owned to

Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract,

Inheritance and Lotto Winners Payment.

However,a decision was made last week With this development, a woman

by name (MRS.JANET WHITE) came to our office with an application

stating that you gave her the power of attorney to be the beneficiary of your

Outstanding contract/Inheritance payment. She made us to believe that

you are dead and that she is your next of kin. We got your email address

through computerization report, Board Organization and we decided to

send an email through this address hoping to find out if you are Dead

or Alive and also to find out if you at any time gave this woman the

power of attorney to represent you.

Please let us know also if you are aware of this development,hence we

are almost ready to transfer part payment of $10.5M of your

outstanding funds to her nominated bank account stated below:

NAME OF BANK: FIRST NATIONAL BANK

ADDR: 120 SO. 2nd. ST.

BLYTHEVILLE,ARKANSAS 72315 USA

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 482986

ROUTING NUMBER:084107343

Swift code # : WMSBUS66

BENEFICIARY: JANET WHITE

If you are not aware of the above instruction, do respond to this

email immediately by contacting the head of the International

remittance department ( Mr Morgan Smith). His contact information

are written below:

Name: MR;Morgan Smith

E-mail:hsbcbanklondon670@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone +447031997718

For immediate transfer of your funds be informed that you are not

allowed to correspond or contact any person or office with respect to

this transfer other than this office, you are required to send to him an

email with your full name,Company or Residential address and your

direct Telephone number,Fax Number and your mobile phone where you can

be reach at all time.

Yours Sincerely,

Douglas Jardine Flint

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