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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: "BLAIR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hsbcbanklondon2000@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 03:38:43 -0700
Subject: FUND TRANSER CONFIRMATION O.K FURTHER CREDIT ACCEPTED.

E-MAIL: hsbcbanklondon2000@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44-703-183-3581

Ordering Beneficiary

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.

FUND TRANSER CONFIRMATION O.K FURTHER CREDIT ACCEPTED.

We have received your payment approval from our ordering Customer Service from IMF, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), for the

further credit to your bank account. With all due respect, our bank has obliged to credit your account with instruction.

Quoting reference to HSBC transfer regulation and in line with British Financial and Allied Conduct, your account will be

effected as soon as you reconcile our 1% Cost of Transfer 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 therefore urging you to contact MR. JIM OVIA of CENTRAL BANK OF

NIGERIA, Email: oviajim41@yahoo.com, Call him on his direct telephone number, +234-8032427120, Please ask him to issue you

the Original Authority to Deduct Bill of Exchange Form to enable us deduct the 1% cost of transfer. Be advised also that we

only acknowledge the receipt of the ORIGINAL HARD COPY OF THE BILL OF EXCHANGE FORM, which must be duly filed and signed by

the beneficiary before we can effect deduction.

Please be warned as our bank does not trust any other Official except Mr. Jim Ovia, whom we can give attention to in any of

this instruction.

Prior to our banking regulation, final credit shall be made to your account upon your instruction.

Congratulations!!

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Thomas Blair.

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