419 scam: "From Sir.Antonio Simoes."<hsbc@tzani.com.au> PAYMENT MEMO FROM HSBC BANK LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM

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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. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- +447035948282 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- 2348173212684
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.
- hsbc.h@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Sir.Antonio Simoes." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nnpcnigeriangr@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 19:18:36 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT MEMO FROM HSBC BANK LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM

Head Office=8 Canada Square, London E14 5HQ
Phone+44 207 088-2078
Phone+44 703 5948282.
Fax+44 207 9924880..
Website=www.hsbc.co.uk
SWIFT Code MIDLGB22..

Attn;. Sir/Madam

The HSBC Bank London,United Kingdom wish to inform you as the UK.Europe Offshore Consolidated Oil Reserve Account Holders of the Nigerian Government here in London,UK we have received instructions from our ordering customers the Nigerian Government through the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC),Dr,Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu to release and pay you off the sum of US$7.5Million (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) only which is your Contract/Inheritance/Lottery funds owed to you by the Nigerian Government with immediate effect in this second quarter of 2017 of which our bank have duly obliged to our ordering customers the Nigerian Government to that effect from our Head Office here in London without any encumbrances or bureaucratic bottlenecks attached for your ordering customers payment instructions as the HSBC Bank here in London have computed your funds for immediate release and payment to you directly from our Head Office her
e in London at no cost of yours fr

Furtherance to the above now you are as a matter of urgency requested to contacted the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations NNPC in Nigeria Dr.Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu who authorized your payment to issue you a valid copy Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order-- to you as the funds beneficiary which you have to plead with the NNPC Boss Dr.Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu to forward the copy to our bank here in London through this our official email id as above for your payment because without a copy of the NNPC issued Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order the UK Anti money laundering controls and monitoring Agency,the UK National Crime Agency ( NCA ) will STOP your Transfer/Payment from our Head Office here in London hence the need for the procurement from Nigerian where your funds originated from, forward all your banking details and address for your payment through the above ema
il address and as well specify how

Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.......
Group Managing Director,Nigeria National Petroleum Corporations,NNPC.
Email...nnpcnigeriangr@gmail. com
Tel: 234-8173212684==

We are finally awaiting a copy of your secured Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order---TACC/FOCO----duly issued to you by Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu our ordering customers the Nigerian Government through Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu the NNPC Boss whom we ONLY trust and deal with in Nigeria to enable our bank here in London release your approved sum of US$7.5Million to you in your nominated bank account or through ATM Card at no cost of yours from the HSBC Bank here in London as we have received an instructions from our ordering customers to that effect,all we needed to pay you is just your Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order---TACC/FOCO---- which we will attached in your Payment File as your funds is released to you by the RBA Bank here in Australia....Note and be warned that you are only obligated as the funds beneficiary to send ONLY the CommonWealth of Nation agreed pact fees that will cover the procu
rement and issuance fees for the r

Urgently waiting to hear from you,please forward your details to us here in London first and then get your Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order---TACC/FOCO---- from our ordering customers in Nigeria as instructed above for your immediate payment because without the Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order---TACC/FOCO we cannot release your funds to you,all you details should be sent through the above official email id,Dr.Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu in Nigeria will inform you the modalities and cost for the issuance of your mandatory Transfer Authorizations Clearance Certificate/Funds Origin Clearance Order---TACC/FOCO--- once you call him on the above telephone number as that is not our own area of jurisdictions...............

Yours Faithfully.

Sir.Antonio Simoes.
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank plc.CEO.
UK,European Continent..
London,UK.
Security ID==hsbc.h@yahoo.com

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