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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: "Mrs Helen Clark" <hsbcbankholdingplc@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 19:57:54 -0600 (NOVT)
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIMS/432 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $500,
000.00 US





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SCAMMED VICTIMS/432 BENEFICIARIES REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $500,000.00 US
Dollars 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 432 scammed victims $500,000.00 US Dollars (Five

Hundred Thousand Dollars only) each. You are listed and approved for this

payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount,get back to

me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $500,000.00 US

Dollars compensated funds.On this faithful recommendations, I want you to

know that during the last U.N. meetings held at West Africa Countries, it

was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by

various individuals to scam artist operating in syndicates all over the

world today.




In other to compensate these victims, the U.N Body is now paying 432

scammed victims of this operators $500,000.00 USD each in accordance with

the U.N.recommendations. Due to the corrupt and in-efficient Banking

Systems in Federal Republic of Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by the

UN officials sitting at IMF(International Monetary Fund) West Africa

Regional Payment Office as corresponding payment center under funding

assistance by our United Nation bodies. According to the number of

applicants at hand, 269 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims

are from the United States, and we still have more 163 left to be paid the

compensation of $500,000.00 US Dollars each.




You particular was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested

as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to

communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason or what so

ever as the U.S. SECRET SERVICE is already on trace of the other

criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims

who have not been Contacted can submit their application as well for

screening and possible consideration.




At this point you are advise to contact our authorized payment unit as

soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $500,000.00 US Dollars

compensated funds.



You Are To Send Your:




NAME:...............

ADDRESS:............

DIRECT TEL:.........

AGE:................

COUNTRY:............

SEX:................

OCCUPATION:.........


CONTACT OUR HSBC BANK PAYMENT OFFICER

Mr Robert Clerk.

Email: hsbcbankholdingplc@qq.com



Please you are advice to stop any communication with any person or Body

that you are currently paying money to due to transaction which you have

online with the person.Please let us know right now via email or telephone

your present dealing online, so we can help you verify the authenticity of

the transaction which you are presently involved in, so you don't get

scammed. Please also send me proof of payment in any previous scam.If you

still have any,(optional).




I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.




Your's Faithfully,

Mrs. Helen Clark

Administrator of the UN Development Programme

United Nations Representative.

http://www.un.com/




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