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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: DR WILLIAMS JOHNSON <williamskhumalo@att.net>
Reply-To: drjohnsonwilliams@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:09:00 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM DR JOHNSON WILLIAMS OF HSBC BANK LONDON




HSBC
HOLDINGS PLC. LONDON 
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
DR
JOHNSON F WILLIAMS
THE CHIEF AUDITOR (H.S.B.C BANK LONDON).
22 Garden Close, Stamford,
Lincs, PE9
2YP,London
United
Kingdom
Tel: +44 7031 741 692

 
Dear Sir/Madam,
I know that this mail will come to you as surprises we
have never meet before. My name is Dr. Johnson Williams, the director in charge
of Chief Auditing and Accounting Unit of HSBC BANK LONDON I and my colleagues,
hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confidant that I am
about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I am writing
in respect of  Mr. Anh, Il Tae of a
foreign customer of our Bank who perished  long with his next of kin with Korean Air
Line, flight number 801 with the whole passengers on 6th of August 1997, Since
the demise of this our customer, I personally has watched with Keen interest to
see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his
funds of £10.000.000,00 (Ten Million Pounds), which has been with our branch for
a very long time.
 
 On this note, I
decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin since nobody
is coming for the fund again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money
to stay more than 16 years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund after this period. In view of this I got your contact
through the Internet when I was making a research on a foreigner that I will use
in this great opportunity because I don’t want the money to be recalled to our
Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I have also agreed to offer you 30% of the
total sum and the rest 70% will be for
me.
 
 The reason for a foreigner in
the Business is for the fact that the deceased man was
a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding our Bank for a citizen
of this country to make the claim of the fund. So the Request of you as a
foreigner is necessary to apply for the release and transfer of the fund
smoothly into your reliable Bank account as the Surving Relation to the
deceased.
 
 If you are really sure of your integrity,
trust worthy and confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after
this business, reply with your telephone and fax numbers, your residential
address, Your photocopy of your international passport or driving license for
identification and your banking account details where you wish to receive the
fund. Upon receipt of the above-mentioned information’s, indicating your
Interest in the business, I will send you by fax or e-mail on the next procedure
to follow in other to execute this transaction .I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this business is hitch free and don’t have any negative impact. You
should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer
of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within
14-bank working Days
immediately we start the business. Waiting for your urgent response and please
kindly delete if you are not interested. Email me with this
:(
johnsonwilliams.privacy@gmail.com)
 
Regards,


Dr.Johnson
Williams
 
 
 
 

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