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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)
• 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)
  • mccqueeney2@hotmail.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: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:51:18 -0700
Subject: HSBC BANK LONDON HAS ALREADY CLEAR YOUR FILE READ OKAY

 

 

Attn  Friend.

I  am  Dr  Harrison  Mccqueeney  of  Hsbc  Bank  London.

warning  to  you,  do  not  contact  another  email  address   claim  to  be  charles  soludo     unless  this   2  two  email  addresses   below  this  writing   today  to  avoid  bad  eggs.

  i  will  advice  you  that  your  transfer  has  already  concluded  that  you  must  get  it  during  this   season  immediately  you  get  this  last  paper  from  charles  soludo  then  we  shall   send  your  transfer  without  futher  delay.  as  our  Auditor  mr  Dave  Miller  was  instructed  us  to  do.

YOUR  FILE  HAS  ALREADY  APPROVED  IN  THE  CLEARING  HOUSE  LONDON  AS  COMPLETED  PAPERS  BUT  REMAIN  ONLY  THIS  TAX  CLEARANCE.

what  you  should  do  is  to contact  charles  soludo to  give  us  your   last  paper.  

let  me  tells  you  that  immediately  he  issue  this  last  paper  of  your  claim  the  next  thing  is  to  send  your  transfer  fund  of  fifteen  million  dollars  to  your  bank  account  the  same  time  or  you  can  receive  the  money  with  bank  Draft.

see   charles  soludo  email  to  contact  him  regarding  your  last  paper  of  claim.

name  :   charles   soludo  cbn.

email :   charles1_s@hotmail.com

email :  cbnchrls@yahoo.com

phone :  234-805-5462866   his  mobile.  or  234-8034826233.

best  Regards  Dr  Mccqueeney   Hsbc  bank  london.

you  can  call  me  in  london  for  oral  discussion  :PHONE :+44 70457 00189    or  +44 70457 00188

  kindly  reply  here "  mccqueeney2@hotmail.com

 

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