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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "H.S.B.C BANK UNITED H.S.B.C BANK UNITED" <hsbc_bank_uk@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:20:55 +0000
Subject: BANKING UPDATE

H.S.B.C BANK LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
ADDRESS:2,Canon Street, London UK.
TEL:+4470 40126 386


To: BENEFICIARY
ROBERT VAN LOON
WIRE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.
PART PAYMENT ARREARS TOTALLING US$4.5MILLION
This email transmission is intended for the named recipient only and may
contain privileged and confidential information. If you have received this
email in error, Please notify us immediately. Please do not disclose the
contents to anyone or copy it to outside parties. Thank you.
Message.

ATTN:
We are pleased to inform you that we have negotiated instruction with our
correspondent Bank United Bank of Nigeria Plc. (UBN) to draw US$2.8 million
which represent part payment of your benefactors contract fund from their
account with us and credit in your favor in settlement of a contract
involving the Nigeria government. The transfer is irrevocable, indivisible
and non-transferable.
This transaction has been secured with personal identification computerized
sealed Numbers, Contract Accreditation Pin No, Transfer Access Code (Tag)
and anti terrorist clearance certificate to enable us identify the bonfire
beneficiary and to avoid diversion of the fund to wrong account.
Please contact the Director, Foreign Operations United Bank of Nigeria plc
(UBN) Attn: SIR JOHN IKEH on his telephone number: 234- 80 26150822
Email:unitedbankofnigeria@k.ro with your;
1). Telephone,fax number
2). Home delivery address (not P.O.BOX)
3) Any form of identification preferably Driving Licence Scanned and
attached to the email above.
This is to enable us release your fund through INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK
DRAFT that will be courier through our Diplomatic means to your DOORSTEP
without any further delay. If we do not receive these information for
re-confirmation from you within 7 days from date of this email the transfer
will be null and void as we have many contractors to pay.
Be it known to you that your transfer charge of 0.1% will be deducted from
the total sum before final transfer to your account, you are advised to act
fast regarding to this subject matter as we have a limited time to conclude
all payment in this second quarter of the year.
For further enquiry you c an contact this bank with the above telephone
number. We are most sincerely sorry for every inconvenience as occasion in
this matter.
Yours truely,

HSBC

WIRE TRANSFER PROCESSING DIV.
LONDON UK.
MR.ROBERT VAN LOON
Senior managing Director
Security & Investigation
H.S.B.C.
Wire transfer Processing Division
2,Canon Street, London UK.
GL 32 BY UK HONBANK SWIFT HBCBK 353
00 999 0367826 8366410
Registered in U.K number 720662. Registered Office: 2,Canon Street, London
UK

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