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

Fraud email example:

From: officefile42@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:16:18 +0100
Subject: Hello


ATTENTION PLEASE!
We hereby confirm receipt of part payment of
US$8,500,000.00 dollars

Only, into our official ESCROW account with
the HSBC Bank in London by order of the African Development Bank(ADB)
in-charge of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Next
of Kin payments in Africa, as indicated in our database.

We sincerely
apologize for delays and advice you to STOP any further communication
with any other payment centres in Europe, as well as your associates in
any of the African countries e.g., South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo,
Abidjan, Angola, Cotonou for they contributed 100% hindrances to the
release of your funds.

Kindly provide us with the below information to
reconfirm your details in our database and for our prompt payment
procedures.

Beneficiary\'s name /
Age:.............................................
Company\'s name /
Rank in office:..................................

Address:............................................................

Tel:......................... *Fax:.................................

Receiving Bank:.....................................................

Address:............................................................

Bank Routing Number:................. Swift Code:...................

Account number:.....................................................


Your funds will be released by wire transfer through our
operationalpaying bank, HSBC bank in London, UK.
Our final fund release
order will be forwarded to our operational
paying bank, the HSBC Bank in
London, UK for the immediate release of your
allocation to you upon
receipt and official re-confirmation of your information.
For any
further inquiry, please contact the undersigned officer as funds will be
retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice.


Yours In Service,
Mr.Felix Hachel
Manager, Foreign operations
Dept.
contact mefastglobal90@gmail.com







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