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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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Fraud email example:

From: "HSBC UAE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marwanhadi@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 10:24:31 +0800
Subject: RE:THANKS FOR YOUR PREVIOUS RESPONSE ,WE CAN TAKE IT UP FROM THIS POINT.

Warm Greetings


How are you doing today? I am really glad to have found your contact after a long and thorough search for your mail and at this point, I can say that i am really happy and confident enough to explain more about this proposal to you. I am sincerely and freely giving you the full details of this transaction and having in mind that there will be no betrayal from either of us. I work with HSBC Uae and currently, I am Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, at HSBC Bank Dubai, UAE

for you to be more convinced about me and my claims, You can read more about me on this website;

https://www.hsbc.com/careers/life-at-hsbc/meet-our-people?page=3&take=10

Honestly, this transaction requires utmost trust and dedication from your side, since you will be receiving the funds as the Next of Kin/ Heir to Peter and shall be in control of the money, until I come over to your country for my share. Regarding the sharing, I am under the believe that my sharing ratio is accepted by you, that is, 50/50% and i think it is a fair deal.

I want you to bear one thing in mind, there is no risk involved in this transaction. It is 100% risk free and secured, because of my full involvement. the only thing expected of you is to follow my instructions and keep everything secret between us. the process of this transaction is just to place your information in my bank system as the Next of Kin/ Heir to late Peter and you will apply for the claim through a lawyer here in U.A.E.

You do not have to come down here for the claim, the lawyer will represent you and handle all the documentation involved. As the Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management of my bank, the secret of the bank system is under my palm, placing your details in the system as the Next of Kin/ Heir to late Peter is an easy work for me as i am involved in it.

Once again, there is no risk involved and the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect both of us from any breach of the law. to make it easy for you, I am going to introduce you to a good lawyer here in U.A.E who you shall contact and request for his legal services to represent you for the claim and once this is done, the lawyer will do all the work and documentation required for the release of the funds to you as the rightful Next of Kin/ Heir to late Peter .

I will present you as a relation to Peter and the only proof the bank will need is your identification, where your names are written. This is a very smooth operation, with me in the bank it will not last more than 2 weeks and the funds will be released to you. The information I require to commence the process is as follows;

YOUR FULL NAMES:

DATE OF BIRTH:

PLACE OF BIRTH:

NATIONALITY:

MARITAL STATUS:

OCCUPATION:

ADDRESS :

REACHABLE PHONE NUMBERS:

REACHABLE E-MAIL:

Once I receive the above mentioned information and conclude with my inside arrangements and changes, I shall send you the contact details of a very good Lawyer here in U.A.E, who you shall contact for the representation.

The lawyer in question is good and specializes in such cases. He is also a registered attorney with the Central Bank of U.A.E, which is the bank that will handle the transfer of the funds out of the country to your bank account. As far as my bank is concerned, I will be in control.

It has been my dream to have my own organization and I believe that God has answered my prayers by creating this opportunity. Please, it will be of great importance to us if we treat this transaction with utmost confidentiality and honesty as I await your urgent response.

Thank you and in great anticipation of your positive response and interest in this.

I remain,

Marwan Mohd Hadi.
Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, at HSBC Bank Dubai, UAE



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