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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: HSBC LONDON <hsbcbank885@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alexmorganlnd2@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:46:36 +0800
Subject: FROM HSBC

Attention Beneficiary.

APPROVED PART PAYMENT ADVICE.

I am Alex Morgan, head of Investigations of the Hsbc bank London, and
in the process of the general investigations as a result of complains
from all funds payment beneficiary across the globe, the special
investigation committee was set up to screen all legitimate funds
owners, in the process i discovered your file as approved, among those
that have not been able to receive their payment after several attempt
to liquidate your payment failed.

However, after a protracted meeting with the United Nations, the World
Bank and the IMF, the amount of US$3.500.000.00 (Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) have been approved for you for
immediate payment to your nominated account without further delay, as
such you are expected to put forward claims for the payment.

To begin the process of receiving this part payment of your funds,
kindly forward your bank account details and your address to my direct
email and I will secure the approval for the transfer of your funds to
you. The application and request should be send to
alexmorganlnd2@gmail.com and I will forward to the final authorities
for the payment of your long outstanding funds without delay.

Please note you have three working days to respond, to avoid the
cancellation of this approval, as I am in the position to liquidate
the payment of your long outstanding funds, thus the need to foreclose
at the appropriate time as stipulated in the payment gazette.

I look forward to hear from you, and do accept my sincere
congratulations in advance.

Alex Morgan.

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