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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: evans brown <evansbrown238@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:20:55 -0800
Subject: YOUR CONCERN DUE PAYMENT,

Dear Sir,

I am Ms Carmen Chu a Clerk under the office of the Director in PT.
Bank HSBC Indonesia . I have worked as the Assistant to the Director
and was demoted when they found out that I have never been in support
of their shady deals, they wrote petition against me and I was moved
to the Finance Ministry but now I am back to continue my good work
which I believe in transparency to humanity.

Though I am now in a lower department and position, I still have
access to transfer files .I have gone through your file and have found
that you have completed all that is required of you to have your fund
released into your account but the greed which exist in the lives of
the Directors of the Foreign Payment, PT. Bank HSBC Indonesia, and
other approved paying Banks here will not let them do what they are
supposed to do. I am happy for the good President we have in Indonesia
today who is not like the former presidents who did nothing about
corruption/corrupt practices in the payment system.

Because of their greed and amount involved, they would not let you
know what to do to get your funds transferred.The money you have spent
in the past is nothing compared to what they make from your funds
through what we call International Trade on Stock and Exchange. This
was what Prof. Lee, Vincent Wing Sing and the HSBC introduced to all
of them, telling them never to release your already approved payment
so that they can use it to trade on the International Market on 60
days intervals and make 10% of the amount. Check out how much they
must have made with your payment since it was first approved for
transfer.

This is one secret most of our foreign beneficiaries are not aware of
and they need someone to stand for them to clear this and make them
get their payments within 48 hours. To be frank with you, if I had
contacted you earlier, you would have received this money in your
account directly today through KTT wire transfer because I know their
secret which they believe no one else is aware of or will be
intimidated to speak up.

I will tell you what you have to do as soon as I get your response to
have your fund transferred with 48 hours. This is what I was doing for
some beneficiaries and the Directors suspected and kicked against me.
I have no interest in your money, I have no interest in what they do
too but my anger is that they use and dump us not because we want to
share money with them but because they think we know nothing about
their deals. Please assure me that no one will know about this and it
will be secret until you have received the document and take them by
surprise. I am so sorry for all you have gone through.

I am waiting for your response.

Regards,

Ms Carmen Chu
Email:telexunitr@gmail.com

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