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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: "HSBC BANK" <igorwilliams_hsbcbank@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info.hsbcbank@lancsmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 10:45:48 -0800
Subject: Attention Hsbc Notification

H.S.B.c Wire transfer ProceDivision
154 Central Road, Worcester Park,
Surrey, KT4 8HH. GL 32 BY U>K HONBANK SWIFT HBCBK 353
0099903678268366410.

FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION; Date; 24/11/2005.

To: BENEFICIARY
From: IGOR WILLIAMS.
Phone;+447031842801
Fax:44-87-1251-4802
Email; info.hsbcbank@lancsmail.com
Wire Transfer Dept.

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




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.

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. TUNDE LEMO on his telephone number: 234-805944428 or Email; infodesk@cenbank-remittance.org 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 first quarter of the year.

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

Yours truly,

IGOR WILLIAMS.

Senior managing Director
Security & Investigation
HSBC WIRE TRANSFER PROCESSING DIV.
LONDON UK.


Registered in U.K number 720662. Registered Office: 154 Central Road,
Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 8HH.

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