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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: "MR. KARL HANS BERG,S," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <karlhansberg@w.cn>
Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 21:56:21 +0200
Subject: (REMITTANCE OF US$38.6M MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE)

MR. KARL HANS BERG,
SENIOR SALES MANAGER - FUND MANAGERS
HSBC Bank PLC
8 CANADA SQUARE,
E14 5HQ, LONDON
FILE REF: HSBC/006/WT/2010


(REMITTANCE OF US$38.6M MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE)


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. KARL HANS BERG, Senior Sales Manager - Fund
Managers with HSBC Bank PLC.

PROPOSITION:
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be
attached to this Business Proposal. The Management and the Legal
department of our BANK (HSBC Bank
PLC) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of MR.RICHARD
PRATT, a philanthropist who passed on 28 April 2009, with a sum valued
$38.6 Million USA
dollars out of the records of his written will.who was one of my branch
depositor, should be declared Dormant, confisticated and the depositor's
fund sent to the Bank.

Treasury according to United Kingdom banking and financial law. the bank
is still unrelenting in its bid to contact any of the relatives to claim
This money,Mr.Richard Pratt,had proposed that the money be used for
charity, unfortunately,before he died we did not make a written statement
to this effect in the will. You can read about Mr.Richard Pratt:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/28/2555353.htm

He is an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only)
which was made through Oil bunkers business in Kuwait, deposited in a
numbered account with my branch. In fact it happened that since his death,
the next of kin of
the dollar account holder (the brother/Sister) or whom ever that is
related to him 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 4 financial 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 Spanish Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a
foreigner. We agree that 30 % 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 60 % would be for
investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is completed.

EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL:
To enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, please
include your Information as stated below.

FULL NAME:
CURRENT ADDRESS:
PHONE, FAX
PROFESSION:
MARITAL STATUS:
AGE:
NATIONALITY:
COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION (INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE)

I want you to come in as the relation / next of kin of the deceased
Mr.Richard Pratt, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the
claims of the Fund and then advise you exactly how we should handle it
without any form of trace even in the near future.

Yours truly,
MR. KARL HANS BERG,S,
SENIOR SALES MANAGER - FUND MANAGERS
HSBC Bank PLC

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