419 scam: "WELCOME TO HSBC PRIVATE BANK UNITED KINGDOM" <danilo.p.carvalho@globalhitss.com.br> CONTACT HSBC PRIVATE BANK IMMEDIATELY FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hsbcprivatebankunitedkingdom@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WELCOME TO HSBC PRIVATE BANK UNITED KINGDOM" <danilo.p.carvalho@globalhitss.com.br>
Reply-To: "hsbcprivatebankunitedkingdom@yahoo.com" <hsbcprivatebankunitedkingdom@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 06:00:15 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: CONTACT HSBC PRIVATE BANK IMMEDIATELY FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND

>From The Desk of Mr. Iain Mackay.
The Group Finance Director
Foreign Transfer Operations
HSBC Private Bank(UK) Limited.
78 St James's Street London SW1A 1JB England,
United Kingdom.

E-mail: hsbcprivatebankunitedkingdom@yahoo.com

Attention Funds Beneficiary

Amount: $2,500,000.00 USD

Greetings to you from HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited.

We write to acknowledge the receipt of the email letter sent to us by Mr. Raghu Malhotra of MasterCard International to this Bank as directed and instructed as in the attachment regarding the transfer of your fund totalled at $2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Following our meeting with the guideline of the funds transfer protocol (FTP), all transfer formalities have been completed, signed and endorsed in guidelines with the Funds Remittance Act.

It is mandatory you operate an account in guidelines with the Funds Remittance Act. As part of the funds transfer protocol (FTP), You are advised to provide us with a form of identification/ID which will include the information's stated below:

Your Bank Name:.................................
Your Bank Address:..............................
Your Bank Account Number:.......................
Your Telephone Number:.....................
Your Swift Code:................................
Your IBAN Number:...............................
Scanned Copy of Your International Passport or Driverâ€™s License:

This bank will have to put in effect the creation of your temporary online account for the deposition of your funds which will enable your funds transferred to the bank account provided to this institution.

Note that your account with the HSBC Private bank is currently inactive; in this case transfers cannot be completed. Inactive account holders do not gain access to the HSBC Private Bank Transfer Access Code Number (HSBCTCN). This means that Transfers cannot be made from your Account to any other account until it's activated.

As soon as the information's requested above is received, we will commence the process of creating your account with us and Immediately the transfer information's will be released to you.

Also request for immediately for the current status of your Online account balance to be shown to you.

Have a wonderful day as we look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in-service,

Dr. Lain Mackay
The Group Finance Director
Foreign Transfer Operations
International Remittance Department
HSBC Private Bank(UK) Ltd.
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Following security measures on ground no part of this email should be duplicated transferred or transmitted to a disk, this part of our security program and any part of this email should be kept confidential.
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SIGNATURE
Dr. Lain Mackay.
The Group Finance Director
Foreign Transfer Operations
HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited
78 st.James streets London SW1A 1JB England, United Kingdom

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