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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?Mr=20Bob=20Worker?= <mrbobworker9@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: mrbobworker100@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:32:46 +0530 (IST)
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrbobworker9@yahoo.in



MR. BOB WORKER

BRANCH MANAGER

HSBC BANK PLC (LONDON)


Dear Sir/Madam,




- I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet)has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication.However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am Mr. Bob Worker, Branch Manager ( HSBC BANK PLC). PROPOSITION: I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to united Kingdom banking and financial law. She died in world trade center as Victims of the September 11, 2001.Incident that befall the united state of America, the bank is still unrelenting in its bid to contact any of the relatives to claim This money. She is an account holder in my branch; she owns a dollar account with the sum of GBP£7.5M de posited in a numbered account with the account. In fact it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account holder (the brother) or whom ever that is related to her has not show up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS: The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a British Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 45% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 45% would be for investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is completed. EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL: Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, Please include your Information as stated Below. 1. YOUR FULL NAME. 2. PHONE NUMBER. 3. FAX NUMBER. 4. COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased Mrs.Sigrid Fassnacht who has account with HSBC BANK PLC, I will give you the contact of the attorney, who will handle all the legal Documentations. He will lay claims through his legal authority. He is going to be happy to assist you. I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then Advise you exactly how we should handle it. The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. Yours truly, Mr.Bob Worker

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