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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 BANK OF AFRICA" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: hsbc_transferunit3@qq.com
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 02:06:49 +0330 (IRST)
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM




SCAMMED VICTIM REF CODE: 06654 $400,000.00 USD ONLY

This is to bring to your notice that I am a delegate from the United
Nations to The IMF (International Monetary Fund) West Africa Regional
Payment Office to pay 521 scam victims $400,000.00 USD (Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars only) each. You are listed and approved for this payment
as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,respond to this mail
as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $400,000 USD
compensations funds.

At this point you are advise to contact our authorized payment unit in
charge to enable them commence with the transfer of your funds immediately
with the information below:

You are to send your:

NAME:
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE:
DATE OF BIRTH:
COUNTRY:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:

To HSBC BANK Representative: Mr Kelvin Moore.
Email: hsbc_transferunit3@qq.com


Regards,
Mrs.Susan Edward.
United Nation Representative.
http://www.un.org

NOTE : If You Receive This Message In Your Junk Or Spam Its Due To Your
Internet Provider.

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