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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: hsbcbank2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:50:00 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?receive=20=20your=20=20money=20=20from=20=20HSBC=20=20BANK=20=20america?=

HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
HEAD QUARTER UNITED STATE
BOX 1126 CALIFONIA
EMAIL : hsbcamerica@zipmail.com.br

Dear Sir,
I am a senior Accountant From HSBC BANK OFFSHORE Transfer bank america,i
sent this proposal to you as we are since in receipt of your master fund
been transfer from central bank and other banks to HSBC BANK america,

Mean while I and colleague want to transfer The sum of ($22.5 million dollar)twenty
two million five hundred thousand United states dollars into your bank account.This
said amount was transfer to our bank HSBC BANK from ineficiency bank which
was demanding fees from your bank and proving very sluggish to transfer
your fund but now your fund was in our bank wich is ready to transfer to
your designation bank account in your country.

therefor we HSBC BANK are now advicing you to make urgent contact
by reaching us in email or telephone include fax for us to transfer your
fund to your designation bank account.

Hereby we need your urgent reply to give us your bank account
number to transfer the money but bear in mind that after transfer of the
fund you are deeply supose to give us 10% percent out of the money we tranfere
to your account as genuine bankers who works with loyal and honesty.

treat as most honest human bein as you know that we are civil
servants in the bank. also stop any contact with diffrent person to avoid
dupers and scamers of the world.

so what we need from you to transfer the fund is :
(1) your bank Account Number. (2) Your Telephone and Fax
number (3)The name of your bank (4) Your residential ddress
(5) letter of invitations of about 2 top officials who will visit you in
your country from HSBC BANK to receive our compensation the fund, butletters
of invitation will be later after the fund has been transfereto your designation
bank account. you can Call me immediately for easy transfer of the fund.

PHONE : 1 - 866- 8638935

FAX: 1-928-7527181

Thanks DAVE MILLER (HSBC bank telegrphic officer)

reply in this email address :



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