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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024015340 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • charles1_s@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • cbnchrls@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:20:31 -0700
Subject: hsbc bank read well we must help you in transfer fund

 

 

HSBC's world headquartersLONDON: Global bank HSBC                                     

 

 

 HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
HEAD QUARTER BRITISH

BOX 1126 LONDON

PHONE :44-7024015382
PHONE: 44-7024015340
PHONE :44-7024039749
PHONE:447024039750
FAX:44-8704783003

THIS  IS  DR  HARRISON  MCCQUEENEY  HSBC  BANK  London.

 

 

we   are  now  telling  you  to  contact  charles  soludo   as  he  phone  us  that  your  paper  is  ready  now  but  remain  the  little  amount  to  pay  government  and  take  your  paper.

 

 

do  not  allow  your  transfer  to  get  lost  in  this  end  of  year  as  we  are  raedy  to  send  your  transfer  this  mounth  .

 

kindly  reach  charles  soludo  and  get  the  last  paper  we  shall  help  you  transfer  your  fifteen  million  which  was  in  our  position  to  transfer  to  you.

 

 

 

we  have  already  gives  you  email  address  of  charles  soludo  as  :  charles1_s@hotmail.com     or  email  :  cbnchrls@yahoo.com     phone  :  234-805-5462866   do  not  contact  any  other  email address  as  charles  soludo  unless  this  two  email  address  here  above  to  avoid  those  bad  eggs  as  we are  always  announce  at  cnn  net  work  program   on  television  about  those   bad  eggs.

 

kindly  reach  charles   soludo   he  has  already  make  all  arrangement  about  your  last  paper  according  by  him  on  telephone  interview   today.

 

Regards  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney.

 

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