419 scam: "Stuart Gulliver"<info.hsbc_bank@qq.com> YOUR FUND DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Stuart Gulliver" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.hsbc_bank01@qq.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 06:20:56 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND DEPOSIT WITH OUR BANK

Dear Value Customer ,

I am writing to inform you about a consignment fund deposited in our bank on Friday 7/12/2015 by James B. Comey, Jr, the new FBI director nominated by President Barack Obama to replace the previous director Robert S. Mueller due to internal logical protocols guiding international and local transactions.

Note the fund was brought to our bank as a consignment and was deposited in your name as ESCROW DEPOSIT, your email address was shown on the tag as the original owner of the consignment fund deposited with our bank.

Please confirm to me if you know about this deposit to enable us make arrangement on how to transfer the content to you or can you meet with our payment officers/ Agent in Canada and have your total fund deposited with our bank paid to you via cash payment as your inheritance/compensation fund due to be paid to you agreed without any delay or do you want it by wire transfer to you from our bank?

Kindly let us know if you are aware of this deposit or not.

I will wait to get an urgent response from you.

Regards.

Stuart Gulliver,

HSBC Group Chief Executive

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