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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: "Howell David Wung" <>
Reply-To: howelldavidwung777@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:19:56 +0300
Subject: You are confidentially needed as trustee


Hello, how are you doing today
=

Apologies that I contact you unannounced through this medium. I am Howell D=
avid Wung, the deputy General Manager of HSBC branch here in Sarawak, Malay=
sia Group and the CEO of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Lim=
ited, Asia-Pacific . As a banker, I am aware of the various atrocities prop=
agated over the Internet but please this is not of such. I am only contacti=
ng you in desperation out of the reality of the circumstances and dilemma t=
hat I find myself.
=

I write you this proposal in good faith hoping that I will rely on you. In =
2004, one of my customers at the bank (HSBC, here in Malaysia) who was an i=
ndependent oil contractor here in Malaysia also, but died in the tsunami of=
26th December 2004 in Indonesia. He and his entire family were killed in t=
hat disaster that shook the world. He operated a Domiciliary Investment Acc=
ount with the private banking division of HSBC and that account was one of =
numerous accounts assigned to me. The balance in the account was $ 40.5M Mi=
llion USD when he died but due the accrued interest over the past years the=
fund has risen a little to $ 47.2 Million USD in the last quarter of 2014.=
I was his account officer before I rose to the position of Deputy General =
Manager of HSBC branch here in Sarawak now.
=

Since the last quarter of 2014 until today, the management of my bank have =
been finding a means to reach him so as ascertain if he will want to roll o=
ver the Deposit or have the contract sum withdraw .Since September 2014, wh=
en I discovered that this will happen, I learnt of his death, so I have tri=
ed to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the for charity an=
d things that will benefit the poor and provide employment opportunities. S=
ome directors here have been trying to find out from me the information abo=
ut this account and the owner, but I have kept it closed because, I know th=
at if they become aware that he is now late, they will divert the funds for=
personal interest only.
=

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to bene=
fit from his fund so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to you. =
I want you to bear one thing in mind, there is no risk involved in this tra=
nsaction, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement t=
hat will protect both of us from any breach of law. It is 100% risk free an=
d secured once you follow my instructions and keep everything secret betwee=
n us.
=

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as TOP S=
ECRET. At the receipts of your reply, strictly through my personal email ad=
dress : howelldavid918@gmail.com

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