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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: "hsbcbankghana@resurceadmin.org" <HSBCBANKGHANA@resurceadmin.org>
Reply-To: h_s_b_c_ghana@neu.com.cn
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:39:19 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION MESSAGE FROM HSBC BANK GHANA.



International transfer
Processing Department
Trust Towers Asylum Down
2nd Floor PMB CCCI
Cantonments, Accra Ghana
SWIFT HSBC 22
HSBC BANK GHANA


Attn: Fund Beneficiary,

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$ 1.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

>From Mr. Peter Brown Head Of Treasury Department HSBC Bank Accra Ghana,
your over -due contract/inheritance fund was brought to our bank from
Economic Community Of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Foreign
Contractor/inheritance Payment Panel comprising the following countries:
Ghana, Togo, Rep. Benin, Senegal, Ivory-coast, Gambia, Nigeria, Mali, etc.
(ECOWAS).This money was taken back to the Federal Government treasury as an
unclaimed fund.

For the period of time this fund was in our bank, it generated an interest
which we considered your long suffering with WEST AFRICAN Governments. Your
name was brought to our bank as one of the beneficiaries whose money has
not been paid.

The World Bank, international monetary fund (I.M.F) and other monetary
agency resolved the issue in London after one week meeting and decided to
pay you this interest fund via Swift Transfer into your account.

What we need from you now is any form of identification for example your
international passport or your drivers license, then your telephone and fax
number for easy communication with your mailing address, your designated
bank account details to ensure the immediate transfer of these funds as
scheduled without any further impediments /delay.

Please for your information you do not need any third party before this
said fund enter your private Bank Account but between our Bank, you and
your Bank, we have put every arrangement down to ensure fast and swift
transfer of this money to your account.

It is deemed necessary you facilitate these funds because the BANK OF GHANA
(BOG) auditors do come to our bank to cross-check our file and our
financial updates.
As a matter of fact we do not have enough time to waste since we had wasted
time in contacting our respective customers so try and comply with the
necessary remittance requirements to ensure the swift release of these
funds into your account. We will send you a transfer confirmation slip to
enable you notify your bank about the incoming funds.

We await your response to this email address (h_s_b_c_ghana@neu.com.cn) for
more clarification.

Best Regards,

Mr. Peter Brown
HEAD OF TREASURY DEPARTMENT
HSBC BANK ACCRA GHANA.


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