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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: Mrs Lilian William <lilianwilliam@oued.org>
Reply-To: johnhad@secretary.net
Date: 13 Mar 2011 13:31:05 -0000
Subject: LOTTO PAYMENT OF US$800,000.00 INTEREST INTO YOUR ATM CARD:


THE HSBC BANKING GROUP.
Two London Bridge,
London SE1 9RA,
United Kingdom.
Email Department: johnhad@secretary.net
Tel-Fax +44 (7) 005 961 5984


RE: PAYMENT OF US$800,000.00 INTEREST INTO YOUR
ATM CARD:

Dear valued customer,
I am Mrs Lilian William. Head marketing , Corporate
Services Division Atm Card Transfer Unit
of THE HSBC BANKING GROUP UK.

Sometime ago your email address was among the
listed winners from the National lotto Group
England, REF.NO.LOTTO/NLGE/29099950/UK.
and in our bank your inheritance Lotto fund was
brought to our bank from National Lotto Group
here in England and after some period, the money
was taken back to their treasury. But for the
period of time this money was in our bank, it
generated an interest of US$800,000.00 which we
are about to pay you.

For your information and advice, you need to
hasten up to pick this Fund because from time to
time the National Lotto Group auditors do come
to our bank to cross-check our files and our
financial update, the earlier you comply with
the demands of the delivery of the fund, the
faster the action, because when the auditors
arrive and find out that this interest fund is
still in our bank they will call back the
accrued interest to the lotto treasury account.

What we need from you now is any form of your
identification for example;your International
passport or your driver license,your private
email and telephone and your private address
As a matter of fact we don't have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting you through phone, so try and comply with the entire necessary
requirement for the transaction.
Expecting your immediately response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Lilian William



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