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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: david phil <ozdenlis@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: davidphil87@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 06:17:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OUR REF: BBL/IRD/CGX//026/08 COM AND HELP ME


OUR REF: BBL/IRD/CGX//026/08















I'm David Phil the Executive Head offshore account department at HSBC







Holdings London, UK. I'm contacting you to disclose a mutual







outstanding transaction which will benefit us about US$90,000,000







(Ninety Million U.S Dollar) within the next weeks if you are willing







to co-operate in this transaction.















During the auditing and closing of all financial records at HSBC bank







account department 2011 annual debit and deposited funds confirmation,







it was discovered from the records of outstanding investment funds







deposited by a foreign investor (Mr. F.Joel Waworundeng). This







investor deposited the sum of US$90,000,00 and the fund has been







floating since 2009 with HSBC bank offshore investment account and







after my investigations to locate the beneficiary (Mr.F.Joel







Waworundeng) address at Indonesia, I found out that he was among the







people who died in the Tsunami disaster in 2011. Also all effort to







get in touch with his relatives was to no avail.















On a second attempt, I also reviewed the offshore investment







documentations which are in my department and also confirmed that this







fund was deposited as investment lodgement deposit by the contractor







whereby the customer has not registered anybody/company name as next







of kin to this fund. Prior to my confirmation on this investment fund







documentations I realized on the documentations that this fund was not







declared to the British Government at the time of deposit by the







deceased beneficiary.















I therefore seek your assistance to stand as his next of kin for this







investment fund, since all documentations and proof of the deposited







fund are in my department. We can put in a claim proposal letter to







HSBC bank to claim the deposited funds through the British







International Investment proclamation Act which will enable the bank







release and transfer the fund to your bank account.















Moreover, with my position in the bank we can successfully claim the







fund and you will get 40% and I will get 60% of the total fund.The







claim process will commence as soon as I hear from you so we could







work together in confidence and make this deal possible.















Yours,







David.






















 


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