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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447031920434 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2347034955796
• 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.
  • mrwattsonmich2@gmail.com
  • 3amrwattsonmich2@gmail.com
  • drjali5571@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michael Wattson" <mrwattsonmich1@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: mrwattsonmich1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:13:43 +0100
Subject: FROM HSBC BANK LONDON.


FROM: Mr.Michael Wattson
EMAIL:mrwattsonmich2@gmail.com <EMAIL%3Amrwattsonmich2@gmail.com>
Tel:+44-7031-920-434
London EC4P 4BN HSBC Bank PLC
27/32 Poultry London EC2P 2BX
FSA, United Kingdom

Chairman of London-based banking giant HSBC Holdings PLC.If you do not
receive all pages, please call us immediately.

Attn:BENEFICIARY

RE- PART PAYMENT OF $1M MILLION USD APPROVED.

This is meant for the payment from our ordering customer Federal Government
of Nigeria for the further Credit to your bank account. With all due respect
our bank has obliged to credit your account with instruction quoting
reference payment code which the Federal Government of Nigeria uses to
encode their consolidated crude oil reserved account with us and this is as
per agreement existing between this bank, World Bank,International Monetary
Fund and the Federal Government of Nigeria.

In line with LONDON Financial and allied conduct, your account will be
credited as soon as you reconcile the 0.2% handling charges or you may
advise us to deduct the total value and transfer the balance to your
account.

Should you be willing to accept deduction, our bank is thereby urging you to
further as a matter of urgency to call or contact the office of the Deputy
Governor Central Bank of Nigeria Rev.Dr.Joseph Ali for brief and please
request him to issue the Deduction Clearance Certificate to you which will
be legally endorsed by you as the beneficiary to
enable us have the legitimate right to deduct 0.2% as handling charges from
your principle amount. Please be warned as our bank will not tolerate any
second party involvement or Nigeria local representatives, you are advise as
a matter of urgency to call or contact the office of the Deputy Governor
Central Bank of Nigeria to give you Clearance cartificate for your claim.

PLEASE CONTACT THIS PERSON FOR YOUR CLEARANCE CARTIFICATE:

Name:Dr.Joseph Ali

Phone:+234-7034-955796

Email:(drjali5571@yahoo.com)

Contact Dr.Joseph Ali for brief on the modalities of how you will bepaid and
to give attention to any of this instruction due to irregularities involved
in the activities of Nigerian Banks and it's officials.

Prior to our banking regulations, final credit shall be made to your
account upon receipt of 0.2%-handling charges or the Deduction Clearance
Certificate.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Michael Wattson
Chairman of HSBC banking PLC.London-based

Anti-fraud resources:

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