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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: "Henry Weatherman (HSBC Funds Center)" <henryweatherman.legaloffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: payments@btcfundspayment.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 06:22:49 -0400
Subject: Your Unclaimed/Unpaid Fund

Good News About Your Unpaid Funds (Reply Asap)

Following the approval by Government Authorities, your long overdue
unpaid fund with all clearance and approval and compensation papers
have been issued for the release and payment of your fund to you. You
have not received your fund nor any other fund till now despite all
your efforts and fees you paid and lost due to so many irregularities
and errors and also, the bank officials and persons you have been
contacting for your fund have been deliberately working against and
they do not want you to receive the fund. These are why they keep
demanding for fees after fee to frustrate you and make you to abandon
your fund.

According to the FBI investigations, these officials have concluded
plans to divert your fund to a bank account in Cayman Island but the
FBI stopped the diversion. The FBI Financial Investigation confirmed
that there are so many funds listed in your name as the
beneficiary/receiver but these funds have no proper authentic legal
documents and approvals about the funds or its origin. All we have
attached to the funds are forged, non verifiable and unauthorized
documents and papers which cannot be verified nor confirmed. These are
the main reasons why you have not received any funds till now despite
all your efforts and fees you have paid. The only authentic fund in
your name with proper authentic approval documents backing it up and
source of origin of the fund is US$4,591,000 which is listed as an
Inheritance Fund from Mossack Fonseca Investment Corporation in your
name which has been approved for payment to you.

Please Note; You cannot receive any fund from these officials or banks
except through the HSBC/FRB Payment Committee because all unpaid funds
have been handed over to the custody of HSBC Bank/Federal Reserve Bank
Payment Committee in Atlanta GA USA for onward due verification and
payments of these funds to the respective beneficiaries without
payments of any fees. This Payment Committee was set up by the United
States Government in collaboration with the United Kingdom Government,
the European Union, The World Bank, International Monetary Fund and
the International Committee of the Red Cross (Finance Department) and
all Central Banks to make sure that all unpaid and unclaimed contracts
funds, inheritance funds, investments fund and any other funds are
processed, paid and delivered to the beneficiaries once their details
are verified and confirmed.

Therefore, you are advised in your best interest and for the safety
and security of your fund to stop any further contact or communication
with these officials you have been contacting because your fund is no
longer under their bank custody and the FBI are tracking them for
possible arrest and prosecution. You are advised in your best interest
to stop wasting your hard earned money paying endless fees and charges
because you are not buying your fund.

We shall send copies of your fund Payment Approval Order documents to
you as soon as you send your details for confirmation.

To receive your fund, you are required to send your details for
verification. Send your Name, Contact Address and Mobile phone, Age
and Sex to the HSBC/FRB Funds Payment and Dispatch Center as follows:

Contact Person:
William Tabaka
Director, Funds Payment & Dispatch Center,
HSBCBank/FRB Payments Committee,
Atlanta GA, USA.
Calls and sms messages: + 1 404 620 0309
WhatsApp ONLY: + 1 404 543 0107
Email:payments@btcfundspayment.com
Email: FundsDispatch.verification@outlook.com

Reply urgently.
Regards,

Barr. Henry Weatherman
Legal and Verification Unit
HSBC Bank/Federal Reserve Bank Payment Committee.
Atlanta GA USA

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