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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: "Peter Wong Tung Shun" <secure@secure.net>
Reply-To: peterwongtungshunhsbc@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:53:35 +0200
Subject: Please Carefully Read This Email And Get Back To Me


Hello, how are you doing today?, Apologies that I contact you unannounced t=
hrough this medium. I am Mr. Peter Wong Tung-shun, the deputy General Manag=
er of HSBC branch here in Sarawak, Malaysia Group and the CEO of The Hong K=
ong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Asia-Pacific . As a banker, I=
am aware of the various atrocities propagated over the Internet but please=
this is not of such. I am only contacting you in desperation out of the re=
ality of the circumstances and dilemma that I find myself. I write you this=
proposal in good faith hoping that I will rely on you. In 2004, one of my =
customers at the bank (HSBC, here in Malaysia) who was an independent oil c=
ontractor here in Malaysia also, but died in the tsunami of 26th December 2=
004 in Indonesia. He and his entire family were killed in that disaster tha=
t shook the world. He operated a Domiciliary Investment Account with the pr=
ivate banking division of HSBC and that account was one of numerous account=
s assigned to me. The balance in the account was $ 26.5M Million USD when h=
e died but due the accrued interest over the past years the fund has risen =
a little to $ 28.2 Million USD in the last quarter of 2014. I was his accou=
nt officer before I rose to the position of Deputy General Manager of HSBC =
branch here in Sarawak now. Since the last quarter of 2014 until today, the=
management of my bank have been finding a means to reach him so as ascerta=
in if he will want to roll over the Deposit or have the contract sum withdr=
aw .Since September 2014, when I discovered that this will happen, I learnt=
of his death, so I have tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fun=
d and use the proceed for charity and things that will benefit the poor and=
provide employment opportunities. Some directors here have been trying to =
find out from me the information about this account and the owner, but I ha=
ve kept it closed because, I know that if they become aware that he is now =
late, they will divert the funds for personal interest only. Therefore, I a=
m seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from his f=
und so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to you. I want you to =
bear one thing in mind, there is no risk involved in this transaction, the =
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will prote=
ct both of us from any breach of law. It is 100% risk free and secured once=
you follow my instructions and keep everything secret between us. Let me k=
now your mind on this and please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. A=
t the receipts of your reply, strictly through my personal email address, p=
eterwongtungshunhsbc@yahoo.com. I will give you more extensive details of t=
he transaction. Mr. Peter Wong Tung Shun peterwongtungshun@financier.com De=
puty General Manager HSBC Group and the CEO of The Hong Kong and Shanghai B=
anking Corporation Limited, Asia-Pacific.=20

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