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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.

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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447035920192 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Douglas Flint" <douglasjflint27@g.pl>
Reply-To: douglasjflint@live.com
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:44:39 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION


HSBC Bank plc
8 Canada Square
London E14 5HQ
Telephone: +4470359 20192
Fax Number: +4470059 76358
douglasjflint@live.com
Website: www.hsbc.com

Attention: Beneficiary.

We hereby confirmed receipt of part payment of US$11,500,000.00 dollars only
with Bank Draft and ATM CARD deposited into our official ESCROW account with
the HSBC Bank in London by order of the West African Economic Control
Authority (WAECA) inline with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in charge
of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract/Beneficiary and
Inheritance payments in Africa, as indicated in our database.

Kindly provide us with the below information by E-mail: re-confirming your
details in our database for immediate remittance of your payment into your
designated bank account in country.
Beneficiary name: _______________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
Tel: ____________________________ Fax: ___________________________
Age: ______________ Occupation: _______________________________
Receiving Bank: _________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________
Bank Routing Number: _______________ Swift Code: _________________
Account number: ________________________________________________

We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communication with any financial institution and delivery company or
International Monitoring Fund (IMF) and your associate in any part of the
third world country (African) for they contributed 100% hindrances to the
release of your funds. Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our
operational paying bank, HSBC Bank in London-UK for immediate transfer of
your allocation into your designated bank account upon receipt and official
re-confirmation of your information in our database.

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

Yours in service,
Mr. Douglas J. Flint.
Group Finance Director and Executive Director.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam