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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: hsbbhsbb@aol.com
Reply-To: petersongeorge921@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 04:45:36 -0700
Subject: Good Day


VERY URGENT/CONFIDENTIAL Good Day, My name is Mr.George Peterson, financia=
l manager with HSBC Private Banking, I contact you independently of our inv=
estigation and no one is informed of this communication. A client who share=
s the same last name with you and also the circumstances surrounding invest=
ments made by this client at HSBC Bank Plc. The HSBC Private banking client=
died intestate and nominated no next of kin to inherit the title over the =
investment made with HSBC Bank Plc. My proposal; you share similar details =
to the late fellow; I am prepared to instruct the Security Consultancy firm=
to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon rece=
ipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half .I wi=
ll simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit=
to you. I and my colleague and you shall share the proceeds. I would have =
gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a =
straight line to me and my involvement with claiming the deposit. But on th=
e other hand, you with the same surname as the original depositor would eas=
ily pass as the beneficiary or next of kin with right to claim. I assure yo=
u that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days. I will s=
imply inform the bank of the final closing of the file I will then official=
ly communicate with the Security Consultancy firm and instruct them to rele=
ase the deposit to you. With these two things all is done. The alternative =
would be for us to have the Security Consultancy firm direct the funds to a=
nother bank with you as the account holder. This way there will be no need =
for you to think of receiving the money from the Security Consultancy firm =
as it is not a conventional financial institution; they accept deposits fro=
m only organizations thus; what you hand over to them is what you get back.=
They do not have the means to process the money. It might interest you to =
know that the mount involved in this transaction is =A318,450,000.00 (Eight=
een Million Four Hundred and fifty Thousand great British Pounds Sterling O=
nly) and the sharing sharing formula is 30% for you the beneficiary, 60% fo=
r us and 10% for expenses. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions.=
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no=
interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you=
do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, =
delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my care=
er because you do not approve of my proposal. I await your response. Truly =
yours George Peterson petersongeorge921@gmail.com

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