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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: "Mr Alex Williams" <alexwilliams@hsbc-worldlocalbank.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:33:50 +0000
Subject: BENEFICIARY

To: BENEFICIARY
Date: 11TH July. 2005
From: ALEX WILLIAMS
File Ref: HSBC/006/WT

Total No: Pages= cover +01

Wire Transfer Dept.
Tel: 34 677325885

PART PAYMENT ARREARS FROM NIGERIA
TOTALLING US$10 MILLION
Subject: ______________________________

This facsimile is intended for the named recipient only and may contain
privileged and confidential information. If you have received this
facsimile in error, Please notify us immediately. Please do not disclose
the contents to anyone or copy it to outside parties. Thank you.

Message.

Dear Sir,

We are pleased to inform you that we have negotiated instruction with our
correspondent bank Union Bank Nigeria Plc. (UBN) to draw US$10 million
which represent part payment of your contract fund from their account with
us and credit in your favor in settlement of a contract involving the
Nigeria government. The transfer is irrevocable, indivisible and
non-transferable.

This transaction has been secured with personal identification computerized
sealed Numbers, Contract Accreditation Pin No, Transfer Access Code (Tag)
and anti terrorist clearance certificate to enable us identify the bonfire
beneficiary and to avoid diversion of the fund to wrong account.

Please contact the Director, Foreign Operations Union Bank of Nigeria plc
(UBN) Attn: Rev. James Peter on hisTelephone number: 234-1-775-4763 to pass
this security code originally to you, which you will sign by yourself and
pass a copy to us with your international passport for proper identification
to enable us release your fund to your nominated bank account without any
further delay. If we do not receive this security code re-confirmation from
you within 14 days from date of this fax the transfer will be null and void
as we have many contractors to pay.

Be it known to you that your transfer charge of 0.1% will be deducted from
the total sum before final transfer to your account, you are advised to act
fast regarding to this subject matter as we have a limited time to conclude
all payment in this second quarter of the year.

For further enquiry you can contact this bank with the above telephone
number. We are most sincerely sorry for every inconvenience as occasion in
this matter.

Yours truly,
HSBC
WIRE TRANSFER PROCESSING DIV.
MADRID SPAIN.
ALEX WILLIAMS
Senior managing Director
Security & Investigation

H.S.B.C.
Wire transfer Processing Division
12,Calle Street, Del Carlos Leganes Madrid Spain.
GL 32 BY U>K HONBANK SWIFT HBCBK 353
00 999
0367826 8366410
Registered in U.K number 720662. Registered
Office: 12,Calle Street del Carlos Leganes Madrid, Spain.

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