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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: Desk of Finance Consultant <web98pride@gmail.com>
Reply-To: redcrosssociety@hellokitty.com
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:23:37 -0800
Subject: Compensation Fund.


HSBC, 60 Queen Victoria St,
London EC4N 4TR, United Kingdom,
Desk of Financial Consultant.

Greetings from the Desk of Financial Consultant HSBC,

I am Mr. Ewen Stevenson Group Chief Financial Officer from HSBC Bank
of United Kingdom. I was directed by HSBC Bank of UK to pay the sum of
£2,000,000.00 to you as a compensation fund due to many fund
transactions you were engaged in the past and spent your hard earn
money and finally did not receive the fund.

Kindly respond to this message in order to direct you on how to receive
the fund by Bank Wire transfer to any of your nominated bank account
within 5 working days without any further delay.

I look forward to receiving your urgent response. Call or WhatsApp me on
the below phone number.


Regards
Mr. Ewen Stevenson (Group Chief Financial Officer)
Email: redcrosssociety@hellokitty.com
Tele: +44-745-127-4775
England United Kingdom

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