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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: HSBC Bank PAYMENTS <charlesbrown0900@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: verification.centeratlanta@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 10:06:59 -0400
Subject: Your Fund has been Confirmed OK for Payment

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

Your Fund has been Confirmed OK for Payment.

Following the FBI investigations data base on banks, investment
companies, finance companies, airport vaults, Debit and Credit Card
companies on why so much funds have remained unpaid and unclaimed by
the beneficiaries and the subsequent approval by United States
Government, UK and European Union Government Authorities to immediate
review all funds details and ensure the beneficiaries receive their
funds, your long overdue unpaid fund with all clearance and approval
and compensation papers have been issued in your name for the payment
of your fund to you. According to the FBI, you have not received your
fund till now despite all your efforts and fees you paid due to so
many irregularities, errors and lack of authentic legal fund
documents. Also, the officials and persons you have been contacting
have been deliberately working against you as they keep frustrating
your efforts by constantly demanding for fees after fees.

According to the FBI, these officials concluded plans to divert your
fund to an unauthorized bank account in Cayman Island without your
notice but the FBI stopped the diversion. The FBI Financial also
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 documents
are forged, unauthorized documents which could not be verified nor
confirmed. These are the reasons why you have not received any funds
till now despite all your efforts and fees you have paid. According to
the investigation, the only authentic fund in your name with proper
authentic documents backing up the origin of the fund is US$2,950,000
which happens to be an Unclaimed Investment Inheritance Fund from
Mossack Fonseca Investment Corporation and which has been approved for
payment to you as Next of Kin.

We shall give you more verifiable details about this fund as soon as
you reply. We shall also send copies of verifiable document of the
fund to you.

To receive your fund, you are required to send your details for
verification and payment. Send your name, contact address and
mobile/cell/handy phone number to the HSBC/FRB Unclaimed Funds Payment
Office Atlanta GA as follows:

Contact Person:
William Tabaka
Director, HSBC Bank/FRB Unclaimed Funds Payment Office,
Atlanta GA, USA.
Calls and sms messages: + 1 404 620 0309
WhatsApp ONLY (No Calls/SMS): + 1 404 543 0107
Email: payments@btcfundspayment.com
Email: dispatchcenter.verification@outlook.com
Email: verifications.center.atlanta@outlook.com

Reply urgently.

Regards,

Charles Brown
Verification & Payments
HSBC Bank
Atlanta GA, USA

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