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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@hongleong.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 18:38:46 +0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

INTERNAL REVENUE/FUNDS DEPARTMENT

ASIA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT

(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)


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

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@hongleong.net

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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