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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: sandra Smith <sandrasmith70@web.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:39:09 +0200
Subject: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 12 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.







SIR JOHN SMITH
INVESTIGATION UNIT,
HSBC BANK PLC
8 CANADA SQUARE
LONDON
E14 5HQ

SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF 12 MILLION POUNDS STERLING GB.

I am seeking for your co-operation to present you to my bank as the next of kin/beneficiary to Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht, a foreign contractor from Cologne, Germany who died on a plane crash on July 25th 2000 with her husband Rudi Fassnacht.

Her husband and their two children also perished in the air France Concorde New York bound flight; please click here for verification.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm], before her death, she was a contractor to British National Petroleum Co-operation (BNPC) and has a bank balance with my bank to the tune of (12 million pounds sterling GBP) which will be paid to you as her next of kin/beneficiary.

For your information, I am the Head of Investigation Department with HSBC Bank Plc London.

The board of directors of HSBC Bank Plc which I am also a member, mandated me to look for any known relation of Mrs. Sigrid Fassnacht, since after her death.

However, all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason I am writing you this to ask for your co-operation for us to claim this money because it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit and invest it, because if nobody comes forward to claim the fund it will be forfeited to the government, based on that, I am contacting you to assist me in making this transaction a reality.

I only have to approve you as the next of kin/beneficiary and the fund will be paid to you as the beneficiary.

We are to share this money between ourselves and also donate 10% to charity and the tsunami victims if you are really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email address: For details of this transaction and procedures, please do forward me your full address, phone number/mobile number, your company name or occupation these info will enable me commence immediately to secure all legal documents in your favor on your acceptance to fully co-operate with me.

I await your urgent response to enable us jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.

Contact me on my private email below--jonmsmith_hsbc@yahoo.com [mailto:below--jonmsmith_hsbc@yahoo.com]

Faithfully,
John Smith
HSBC BANK PLC.
LONDON ENGLAND





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