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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: "Rev. Raymond Wilcox." <"revramondwilcox."@gmail.com>
Reply-To: revraymondwcilcox@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:06:10 -0000
Subject: RE: PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$3.5M 28/2/12




THE DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPT,
H.S.B.C BANK,
LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM.


Dear Sir,


PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$3.5M

I am the Executive Director and Head of Swift Transfer Unit of Foreign
Payment Clearing of H.s.b.c Bank London, UK.
The U.S.A Government, World Bank and United Nations Organization Official
Has Approved to pay you part payment of your Contract / Inheritance Fund
payment in conjunction with British Government and HSBC BANK LONDON.
Sometime ago, in our bank your contract money was brought to our bank and
after some period, this money was taken back to the Federal Government
Treasury. For the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated
an interest of US$3.5 Million, which we are about to be paid to you via
Universal ATM card.

For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this fund
because from time to time, the auditors do come to our Bank to cross-check
our files and our financial updates, the earlier you comply with the
demands of the delivery of the fund, the faster the action, because the
Officials wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused. So
when they find out that this interest fund is still in our bank they will
want to call back the money to the Federal Government Treasury.

What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example:
your International Passport or your drivers license, then your telephone
and fax number for easy communication with your mailing address where this
ATM card will be delivered to you.

As a matter of fact, we don't have enough time to waste since we have
wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with
the entire necessary requirement for remittance.

Contact me on Tel: +44-704574342 cell phone, expecting your immediate
response.

Yours Sincerely,

Rev. Raymond Wilcox.
Payment Officer
H.s.b.c Bank London,
United Kingdom.

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