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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: "Mr. Joseph Leon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrleon2010@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:12:55 +0100
Subject: ALLOCATED (ATM) REF. #4820016119805428/04/14

RETRIEVAL CODE: UBA/0011/HSBCUS-OX1/14
TRANSACTION CODE: HSBC/86428/UBA-NG0991/14
AMOUNT: US$3,600,000.00 DOLLARS
ALLOCATED (ATM) REF. #4820016119805428/04/14


The Beneficiary,

The above overdue payment have finally been approved for released. We have been directed to advice you on your overdue retrieved payment,as stated above.

over some controversies in the bank transfer of your fund, transfer could not be made in to your designated account without your provision of some necessary required bank receipts and other vital documents which, we assumed was impossible for you hence the delays.

Based on the above, we decided to advice you for option of payment by means of an approved / authenticated loaded ATM allocation. Please note that the ATM card will be loaded of all your total fund with a maximum processed withdrawal range of US$10,000.00 (Ten Thousand) dollars per day.

Kindly advice us on your interest into this new development for our immediate processing and delivering of your allocated ATM card to any destination of choice.

Please confirm and advice urgently.

Regards,

Mr. Joseph Leon.
HSBC UK Coordinator.
88 Putney Road, Leicester, LE4 5TF UK.
Tel: +44 703 1995011

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