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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mc Graeme" <m_graeme1@msn.com>
Reply-To: m_graeme@myway.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:57:10 +0000
Subject: PLS REPLY ASAP.





I am Mr. Mccallum Graeme, INSTITUTIONAL FUND SERVICES,MIDDLE EAST AND
AFRICA,HSBC Bank PLC, London International Branch, On resumption of duties
after the Christmas and New year celebration i discovered that one of my
bank customer,Mr. JOSHUA WANG ,an Indonesia by birth , a
consultant/contractor with the military relief Group, a charity organization
at the United Nation( UN), was one of the victims of the TSUNAMI disaster in
the Asia World, he has being a private resident here in London for 3 years,
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at 6,500,000.00(Six Million,
Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) for twelve calendar
months in my Branch.

As representative with contacts in the Middle east/Africa,upon the tsunami
disaster in his home country of Indonesia, in which he was on a private
visit to see his sick old parents, i have made personal contacts to his
resident here in London and through some foreign mission in Indonesia, and
has discovered that he and his entire family perished in the said natural
disaster in his local community in Indonesia.

On further investigation, it also discovered that he died without making a
WILL (En-state) and all attempts to tracehis next of kin was fruitless, it
was discovered in the Late Mr. JOSHUA WANG bank papers that the only persons
stated as his entitled next of kin is his only wife, who also died with him
in the disaster,so presently their is no persons to declare as the next of
kin to the said fund and as it stand now , No person will ever come forward
to claim it. As the bank papers/documents have only his late wife name,
since they have no child before their sudden death.

In accordance with the Banking Federal Laws and constitution, the money will
revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies as the next of
Kin to claim the funds within certain period.Consequently, I shall present
you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to late Mr.JOSHUA
WANG so that you and I can benefit from thefruits of this old man's labor
and also donate certain portion of the fund to all victims of the Tsunami
disasters through humanitarian Organization.

Be informed that i have in my capacity/position carefully moved this fund
into the Vault of a Security and Finance Company here in London that have
Branches all over Europe/America where this fund can be claim.

Upon acceptance of this proposal, We shall employ the services of a
solicitor for the drafting of the LAST WILL & TESTAMENT of Late Mr.Joshua
Wang and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary
documentation for payment approval in my bank
headquarters in your favor.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that
will protect you from any breach of the law as I will use my position as the
senior Bank's personnel in the Institutional fund services, Middle East and
Africa, HSBC BANK PLC, to secure approvals and guarantee the successful
execution of this transaction.

Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required. If this
interests you, please reply me immediately and please include your private
phone number for voice contact and fax number so that I can provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction better.

Awaiting your urgent reply through my only private email:m_graeme@myway.com

Thanks.

Best regards

McCallum Graeme


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