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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: "Internal Revenue Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmdepartment@honglongmanagementoffice.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:35:50 +0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

FILE CODE #: ATM/LAG/MY

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union(EU),
this is to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt
Management and Settlement Forum organized on the status of global
arrangement to have your beneficiary fund settled once and for all.Of
course, In the hope that you must have been aware of the past financial
leakages in the European foreign inheritance payment system, and
frustrations associated there from in your last attempt to claim the fund,

wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary
bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming funds due them. The World
Body, having solicited and received the cooperation of British Government,

in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have discovered from records of
outstanding foreign inheritance fund beneficiaries due them, that your
name and payment has been with held and remain unpaid as a result of such
bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify
you that all aspects of your payment claim is being harmonized, enabling
payment to be released to you as urgently as you act on the instructions
of this mail.

Consequently, HONG LEONG bank Malaysia has been directed by the World Body
to off set these outstanding debts, using ATM Swift Card payment
arrangement.Already, a total amount of US$500 Million has been provided to
the bank for this purpose and it is on first come first serve. With this
arrangement, I wish to inform you that HONG LEONG bank Malaysia has been
instructed to issue in your name an ATM Cash Card with the valued amount
of US$5M. In paying this amount to you, please note that it is without
Prejudice to your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is a stop-gap
payment arrangement put in place by the World Body to on the one hand
ensure that you receive part of your fund, while on the other hand ensure
that the process is smooth and without any form of stress
whatsoever,whereas a comprehensive arrangement shall be made in future to
pay off the remaining fund due you.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one
Mr.Jack Law, purporting to be from your directive, with express
instruction to activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his name
a bank
account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this
instruction as it were, and would request that you clarify same upon your
contact with HONG LEONG bank Malaysia . In addition to that, you should
provide
the bank with the following details to forestall any mistake of issuing
the ATM Card with the wrong information already submitted by Mr. Jack Law:

1. Full name for confirmation
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to (p.o box not
acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
6. Beneficiary name for activation of your ATM CARD.

Believing that this arrangement will suit your condition and
expectations,we will therefore request for your expedited response to
avoid any more
delay.

Your response should be directed to HONG LEONG bank Malaysia ,

Attention: Mr.Andrew Brayn ; Director Atm Payment Dept

Email:atmdepartment@honglongmanagementoffice.com
Phone:+601126364634


Your file reference code for your payment is ATM/LAG/MY and should be
quoted in your contact mail to the bank otherwise the bank will not
recognize/process your ATM Swift Payment.



Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

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