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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.
  • +447045700189 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045700188 (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 (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "harrison mccqueeney" <mccqueeney2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_mccqueeney@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:52:29 -0700
Subject: Hsbc Bank is real mean your Transfer now Read ok

HSBC's world headquartersLONDON: Global bank HSBC
HSBC OFFSHORE BANK
HEAD QUARTER BRITISH
BOX 1126 LONDON
PHONE :+44 70457 00189
PHONE: +44 70457 00188

attn   friend.

 

This  is  Dr  Mccqueeney  Hsbc  Bank  London.

do  not  allow  your  transfer  of  fifteen  million  dollars   to  enter  dormant  account  in  swiss  world  bank  because  of  little  payment  of  your  last  paper.

how  ever,   prof  charles  soludo  told  us  on  the  telephone  interview  that  their  government  has  reduce  the  fees  to  small  amount  to  enable   any  beneficiary   to  receive   their  transfer  fund  within   this  season   of  Xmas .

do  not  allow  your  transfer  to  go  dormant  account  in  swiss   world  bank   as  we  have  already  set  a  telegraphic  number  to  transfer  your  fund  before  i  will  travel  meet  you  in  your  country   to   see  our  self  face  to  face.

remember  to  reach  charles  soludo   at  this  email  :   charles1_s@hotmail.com

or   email  :   cbnchrls@yahoo.com  or  call  him  234-805-5462866

your  transfer  must  be  done  if  you  can  contact  charles  soludo  who  is  the  central  bank  Governor  to  issue  this  last  paper  then  we  shall  attach  it  to  your  file  before  we  can  transfer  your  money.

the  reason  why  to  get  this  paper  from  charles  soludo   is  because  we  receive  your  official  transfer  from  their  central  bank.

Regards   Dr  Mccqueeney  Hsbc  Bank  London

you  can  call  me  in  london   for  oral  discussion.  :  44 70457 00188      or   

 44 70457 00189 .

 

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