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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: "MR. FREDRICK KLARK AUDITOR HSBC BANK PLC" <pqu.mp@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:19:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Thank You and Remain Blessed




Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day, how are you? With due sense of honesty, respect
and understanding I request your permission to introduce myself and hope it get
to you in good faith, my name is Mr. Fredrick Klark, Auditing and accounting
Manager HSBC Bank of South Africa, I got
your email contact while searching for a reliable, trusted and sincere person
that can help me.

Please can I confide and have confident in you? Can you be able to
partner me? This is vital secret information meant to be utmost secret because
of my job and it is not mandatory or obliged that you must partner me or
involved, but I sees it as an opportunity that will enable us financial
freedom.

There is an account opened in my bank (HSBC) in 2003 and since 2008
nobody has operated on this account again. While on my official auditing, I
discovered that this account has been dormant for years and after my findings
from beneficiary Company, I was told that the Account beneficiary holder is
late and there was no next of kin on the account opening details and these
frustrate establishing further contact with his relatives.

The account was opened and operated by Mr. Anderson Del, an American
Geologist with Kruger Gold Mining Company South Africa, who died in 2008 and
from the account detail as recorded in our bank data has no beneficiary to
inherit the sum of US$1,900,000.00 (One Million, Nine Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars).

Please as a foreigner, I seek your assistance and partnership to stand,
transfer this money overseas to your account as the next of kin. I will obtain
every necessary document that will authorize and empower you as the next of kin;
I will give you the statement of account till date and back you with useful
information that may be required by my bank.

Please I request your full co-operation to enable this transaction
effective, as my management is ready to approve this payment to you as
foreigner that has correct information on the account, which I never include in
my report because of my desire to seek for partnership, but I will give you if
you indicate your interest. Please be confident because this opportunity will
enable me to invest oversea. I need sincerity; assurance and confidentiality
that upon transferred this money to your account that my remaining balance after
you take your 40% will be saved with you? I am offering 40% of the total
amount. Finally, please if you are interested in assisting me, kindly reply
urgent to enable me obtain the necessary documents in your name:

Mr. Fredrick Klark

fredrick2005klark@gmail.com


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