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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: "kelvin richard" <info@hsbc-plcinternational.org>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:10:36 -0500
Subject: URGENT ENQUIRY,///

FROM THE DESK OF:
MR.KELVIN RICHARD
FOREIGN REMMITTANCE MANAGER
PRIVATE INVESTMENT BANKING
FORIEGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
HSBC PLC
194,STRAND LONDON
WC2R 1DX
UNITED KINGDOM.

DEAR Sir/Madam

MY NAME IS MR.KELVIN RICHARD,I AM THE FORIEGN REMMITTANCE MANAGER
PRIVATE
INVESTMENT BANKING, HSBC LONDON(UK) I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH A
CONSULTANT
WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE STRONG BELEIVE IN YOU TO HELP ME OUT IN THIS
PROJECT.I
AM WRITTING IN RESPECT OF A CUSTOMER OF MY BANK, LATE MR.MOHAMMED
YASSER
, A SAUDI ARABIAN NATIONAL AND AN OIL CONSULTANT/
CONTRACTOR WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE FATAL PLANE CRASH OF 31TH OCTOBER
1999,
ABOARD AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE 990 WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR. MR.MOHAMMED YASSER I PERSONALLY FOLLOWED UP HIS
FILE AS IT FALLS WITHIN MY JURISDICTION AS THE FOREIGN REMMITTANCE
MANAGER OF THE BANK BUT TO MY GREATEST SURPRISE NOBODY HAS SHOWN UP AS
HIS NEXT OF KIN AND ALL EFFORTS TO LOCATE ONE HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS
IT
IS NOW VERY GLARING THAT HE LEFT NOBODY BEHIND TO LAY CLAIMS TO HIS
FUNDS
TOTALLING $18.5M USD THAT HE DEPOSITED WITH MY BANK WHICH I PERSONALLY
SURPERVISE.

SEQUEL TO THIS FACTS BEFORE ME I DECIDED TO ACT FAST AND SEEK FOR A
VERY

DEPENDABLE/RELIABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE CAN BOTH WORK TOGETHER IN ONE
ACCORD AND PRESENT HIM OR HER TO MY BANK AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN
TO

LATE MR.MOHAMMED YASSER'S INHERITANCE. BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE TO ACT VERY

FAST AS THE BANKING EHTICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SUCH FUNDS TO REMAIN
UNCLAIMED MORE THAN SIX YEARS BECAUSE AS STIPULATED IN OUR BANKING
RULES
AND REGULATIONS AFTER SIX YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE RE-CALLED TO THE
BANK'S
TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS.

I SINCERELY SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT DUE TO THE VERY
FACT

THAT I CANNOT EXECUTE IT ALONE SINCE I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BANK AND
FOR
SURE SOMEONE NEEDS TO ACT IN THE CAPACITY OF THE NEXT-OF-KIN. THIS HAS
PROMPTED MY CONTACTING YOU AS I STRONGLY BELEIVE WE CAN BOTH ACHIEVE
SUCCESS
IN THIS TRANSFER.

IF MY REQUEST IS GRANTED BY YOU,I HAVE AGREED TO SET ASIDE 40% OF THE
TOTAL
SUM $18.5M USD AS YOUR SHARE WHICH AMOUNTS TO "$7.4M USD" IN THE
CAPACITY
OF MY PARTNER AND FOR PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT LOCATED IN ANY PART OF
WORLD
WERE THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO FOR SAFE KEEPING AND ONWARD
DISBURSEMENT
BY BOTH OF US. 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSES THAT
YOU MAY HAVE TO INCURRE IN THE PROCESS OF FILLING FOR THE RELEASE OF
THIS
FUNDS AT THE APPROPRIATE QUARTERS AND THE REMAINING 50% WILL BE FOR
ME.
THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST
DUE
FOR RETIREMENT.
UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR RESPONSE,I SHALL BE SENDING TO YOU BY FAX OR
E-MAIL
A DRAFT APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL BE SENDING TO THE BANK AS
THE
NEXT OF KIN TO OUR LATE CLIENT MR.MOHAMMED YASSER AND EVERY OTHER
INFORMATION
THAT YOU WILL REQUIRE TO ENABLE US ACHIEVE 100% SUCCESS IN THIS DEAL
IN
MY FOLLOW UP CORRESPONDENCE.
I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT THIS
BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS
EVERY NECCESSARY ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN PERFECTED FOR THE TRANSFER, I
WOULD
ALSO LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD
YOU
EXPOSE ME AS YOUR CONTACT PERSON AS THIS WILL SPELL DOOM FOR THIS
TRANSACTION.
YOU MUST KEEP MY CONTACT IN UTMOST
CONFIDENTIALITY TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR CLAIMS. I AM ON GROUND TO SERVE
AS
YOUR WATCH DOG HOPING TO DO THIS MUTUALLY BENEFITTING BUSINESS WITH
YOU.AWAITING
YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE AND HOPING TO EXECUTE THIS MUTUALLY BENEFITTING
BUSINESS
WITH YOU.

KIND REGARDS,
MR.KELVIN RICHARD.
E-mail:kelvinrichard@mail.com

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