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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. Stuart Gulliver" <claro_winete@goo.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Stuart Gulliver" <mrstuartgulliver1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:14:28 +0900 (JST)
Subject: HSBC Bank Plc London





THE WORLD’S Local BANK

International Banking
FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNIT

THE TELEX AND CREDIT SECTION, FUND MONITORING AND AUTHORISATION OFFICE

RE CONFIRMATION OF PAYMENT FUND

Attention: Beneficiary.

This is to notify you that after series of meeting our board of directors held with the United Kingdom Inland Revenue Services regarding series of complains that we received from the general public regarding their fund that was unclaimed due to their communication with wrong people that claimed to be bank officials and agents in Africa, Asia and United Kingdom. Right now, we have decided to carry on the release of your fund by ourselves because your fund returned back to us on 12th of January 2016 when we asked our affiliate bank (Barclay’s Bank and royal Bank of Canada) to stop all their communication with the general public regarding the release of their compensation fund.

The World bank President (Mr. Jim Yong Kim) has given us and the Inland Revenue Services Department of England a serious warning to make sure that the fund should be released to the beneficiaries. This Instruction was made after (The HSBC Bank London) was charged of $1.92 Billion to Settle Charges of Money Laundering as published in this site (http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/hsbc-said-to-near-1-9-billion-settlement-over-money-laundering/). Because of this, we (THE HSBC BANK) have chosen a capable affiliate Bank of our choice to handle this transaction for us in our place. (South Africa Reserve Bank) Therefore, you are to contact them in the person below: Dr. Daniel Aaron. Mminele (Deputy Governor SARB) However, We apologize for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences that we might have caused you during this period and at the same time urge you to stop all your communication with any person or entity claiming to release a compensation fund to you. To receive your funds, you must obtain the VITAL FICA FORM Very important otherwise no payment. NB: Your funds have been place under insurance.

Therefore, you are to contact us on this email with the below details to direct you on how to receive your fund through a diplomatic means: email him on: (drdanielaaron@outlook.com
) or call him: line: +27 719858036 Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (Dr. Daniel A. Mminele), whom we can only give attention to, and from now, we advise you to stop all the communications you are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia, USA and Africa regarding your payment and contact him.

……………………………
Mr. Stuart Gulliver,
Group Chief Executive
HSBC Bank Plc London.

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