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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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Fraud email example:

From: babistrihos@freemail.gr (accesswilliams@yahoo.co.uk)
Reply-To: babistrihos@freemail.gr
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:15:30 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend



Dear Friend,
Good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the
center of relevance in my life. I would respectfully request that you keep
the content of this mail confidential because of its nature and respect
the integrity of this information.

First of all I'll like to introduce myself and status, I am Thomas
Williams, staff of International Private Banking at HSBC Bank London. I am
contacting youm concerning a deceased customer and a financial portfolio
of $8.5m United state dollars, which he placed under HSBC Bank managements
two years ago for turn over on his behalf.

As the Chief Operations Officer of the private banking sector, I
encouraged the deceased on his arrival to our bank on various growth of
fund with prime ratings.

The favoured route in my advice to him was
accessing datas on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managements.Based on
my advise, attractive margins accrued profit and interest stood at over
$10m United state dollars,this margin was not the full potential of the
fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investment. Early 2004
my client asked that the money be liquidated because of an urgent
investment requiring cash payments here in United Kingdom, and that the
liquidated fund be deposited in CORPORATE SECURITIES CO, a security
consulting firm based in London who are specialist private firm that
accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip
corporations that handle valuable products and undertake transactions that
need immediate access to cash. This order was given to me in anticipation
o f his arrival from Norway later that week, this was the last
communication we had.

Sometimes this year I got a call from CORPORATE SECURITIES CO. informing
me of the inactivity of the portfolio, since I was the only one who knew
about the deposit, I immediatly passed the task of locating my client to
the Internal Investigation Department of HSBC, which now revealed that the
person who suited his description was decleared dead of a Heart attack in
Canne, South of France. And in line with banking internal processes for
account holders who have passed away, an investigation was meant to be
launched to contact a possible surviving NEXT OF KIN to come forward as
beneficiary of the fund but unfortunatly when my client came petronizing
our services, in his bio-data form, no next of kin was listed neither was
there a TESTATE. My client nonly used numbers and codes to make the
account he opened with us anonymous.
At this juncture, i'll like to unravel the true position of this
transaction,CORPORATE SECURITIES CO,has request for statements of claim
from me, and I alone knows of the existence of the deposit, for as far as
HSBC Bank is concerned the transaction with our late client concluded when
I sent the fund to the security firm, all outstanding interactions in
relation to the file are just customer service and due process.

The security firm has no single idea of what the history or nature of the
deposit is, they await instructions to release the deposit to any party
that I nominate as the beneficiary of the fund. You share similar details
to the late fellow, I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct
Corporate Securities Co. to release the deposit to you as the NEXT OF KIN.
Let me know your true interest in this pending transaction so as to
ascertain the proceeds, and I assure you that I could have the deposit
released to you within few days. I implore you discard this mail if you
find no interest in this transaction, and if my offer is of no appeal to
you, please dont be vindictive and destructive just delete this message
and forget I ever contacted you.

Finally, I am sending you this mail without a measure of fear as to what
the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come in a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have
learned from my private banking
clients.

Do not betray my confidence, if we can be of one accord, we should plan a
meeting soon.

I await your response.
Thomas Williams.


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