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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. Robert Brown" <brownr402@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 16:08:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/1MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654
1MILLION USD


HSBC BANK 2014 COMPENSATION
>From Foreign Payment Director
HSBC BANK, SOUTH AFRICA
Email: (brownr402@gmail.com)

Attn:

SCAMMED VICTIM/1MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 1MILLION USD 

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United  Nations to HSBC BANK of SOUTH AFRICA to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $1Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at SOUTH AFRICA, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the loose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to retain the good image of the country, the South African government is now paying 100 victims of this operators $1 Million USD each.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 80 beneficiaries has been paid ,half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in south Africa as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS.
I shall feed you with further moralities as soon as I hear from you at my private email address:(brownr402@gmail.com)

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Robert Brown


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