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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Daniel Rudd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drs3863@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 13:57:20 -0700
Subject: CONTRACT 23/08/16

Contract Offer.

Good day,

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce our company. We are HSBC Global Asset Management & Financial services group, a private regulatory compliance and financial services company affiliated with HSBC over 31 years experience. We provide complete financial and assets procurement services for clients internationally, as well as financial verification and approval services for high net worth individuals that have interest in investing abroad.

Based on business research oppournity we did, Your Profile popped out as well known for doing business & services. It is in this respect that we would like to extend our interest in forming a partnership with your company. The main goal for the partnership is to enhance client trust and uphold the mission and common goals of the company. Our clients are interested in promoting partnerships which involve cooperation among many partners, bringing resources together to accomplish goals in a synergistic manner. Proposals that incorporate such collaborative efforts usually receive priority status.

Due to the volatility of doing business abroad and also considering the positions occupied by our clients in government and large organizations, it is usually difficult for them to transact business abroad. There is usually a probe on every foreign financial transactions handled by our clients. There is no prior or later verification for transactions done locally and that is where we offer our services; to give them the platform as a third party to invest their potforlio or do business abroad without suspicion or paying high taxes. These money can take the form of (1) donor programs, (2) investments, (4) charitable trust funds, (5) labor, (6) equipment, (8) sponsorships and other forms of value. All these BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (money) you have to receive on behalf of our client through us. All business proceedings & protocol must be observed to safeguard all parties business interest & Values.

You may peruse our website at www.global.assetmanagement.hsbc.com/. Upon acceptance of this contract should you be interested in this cooperation or have any questions in this regard, please feel free to respond.

Thank you very much, and we hope to receive your favorably response soon.

Best regards,

Daniel Rudd
Chief Executive Officer
No.5, Emaar Square, PO Box 502601, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
Tel: +971 4 423 6723 / +971 4 426 7381
E-mail: drs3863@yahoo.com

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