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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 fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• 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.
  • +447092872734 (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.
  • hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HSBC BANK <drpaul800@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:12:23 +0100
Subject: HSBC BANK, LIVERPOOL BRANCH.



HSBC BANK, LIVERPOOL BRANCH.Liverpool, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Hon Contractor / Beneficiary:

We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$17,500,000.00 dollars only, into our official ESCROW account in London, wired by African Debt Settlement Scheme (ADS) to be disburse by five Contractors / Beneficiaries which your name and E-mail address was indicated in our database.
This programmed was introduced by African Continents via (AU) supervision for payment and settlement of their Foreign Contractors / Beneficiaries as most of their foreign contractors / beneficiaries are suffering untold hardship to get their funds in their respective countries hence this scheme was introduced, On that effect you have been scheduled for a part- payment of $3.5m to be wiring to your account as you shall provide within next 24 hours as soon as matters were been cleared / regularized .
Kindly provide full information by facsimile as indicated +44-70-92872734, or Email hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk to enable this bank proceed for the immediate remittance into your designated account; Note: you are required to send us your full name, address, telephone/fax numbers including a copy of your Identification i.e. Passport or Driver’s License Our final fund release order will be forwarding to your receiving bank upon receipt and official re-confirmation of your information in our database. We only pay through direct bank to bank Wire transfer.

.Note: Fund will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice. Best Regards

DR PAULMIKE.
Chrs Anderson
MANAGER HSBC BANK LIVERPOOL U.K
hsbcbankliverpool19@yahoo.co.uk
Tel/Fax: 44-70-92872734
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