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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: "Dr. Jean Beunardeau" <danielelvira236@gmail.com>
Reply-To: HsbcBank@financier.com
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2023 01:05:26 +0000
Subject: Hello,

Hello dear,

How are you and your family doing? Please, I visited your country a
few months ago where I attended a seminar on behalf of my bank which
was co-hosted with China Construction Bank.

However, I want to thank you for paying attention to my email
communique, and my sincere apology if the contents of this message
does not meet your personal quirks. The reason I contacted you is
because of one of our deceased customers whom I presumed to be your
relative because of the similarities in your last names and most
importantly because he was from your country. He happened to be one of
the high-profile personalities I have worked for while he was an
investor with our bank. In the year 2003 he came to our bank here in
France to engage in business discussions with a financial portfolio of
£20.7 million which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his
behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case. We turned the funds
around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first
years of operation. In mid-2005, he asked that the money be liquidated
for onward transfer because he needed to make an urgent investment
requiring cash payments. I undertook all the processes and had the
fund liquidated, and that was the last time we heard from him. I did
everything humanly possible to track him down all to no avail, and
since he listed no next of kin in his bio-data form I have no one to
contact. After a few months of his disappearance, it was uncovered
that he had died with his family in an incident that happened here in
France that took the lives of many including children.

There is £20.7 Million plus the accrued interest abandoned in our bank
all these years and now my worst nightmare is about to happen as the
bank wants to revert the funds back into our treasury as unclaimed and
abandoned monies in line with our banking policy. What need to be done
now is for me to insert your name from our system into his file, and
once that is done the money will automatically become yours by the
right of inheritance, after-which I will guide you with information(s)
and/or furnish you with documents to prove your right to the funds,
and have the funds release to you as the rightful and legal heir so
that we can share it equally afterward.

Please understand that I am basically aware it is not easy to trust
anyone these days with all the happenings all over the world, but you
seem like someone with some level of sensitivity, wisdom and
intelligence as such I expect you to see beyond negative elements and
envisage a fortuitous prospect in this divine blessing. Consequently,
my proposal is for you to stand in as the next of kin to the deceased
customer for the fact that you have the same last name with him so
that this money will not be diverted by my bank which is what has been
happening to unclaimed and abandoned monies from time immemorial. You
may or may not be truly related to the investor, but the most
important thing is to transfer the funds out of this bank as soon as
we can. Once the inheritance is approved or awarded to you legally it
will be transferred in line with global acredicted procedure on
inheritance transfers which is literally free from scrutiny.

I want you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that
we shall record success at the shortest possible time if you respond
to issues fast as they arise. I'm a family man and this is a chance to
provide them with a new opportunity. There is a huge reward for this
project and it's a task worth undertaking. I'm the one who will
supervise the inheritance claim procedures as such it is safe, risk
free and straightforward, as a matter of fact it is a done deal if you
can give me the slightest atom of the benefit of the doubt and give me
your 100% cooperation.

Get back to me with your mobile telephone number for a way forward;
Thank You.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Jean Beunardeau
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Banque Hsbc (BANK)
8 Place du Maréchal Juin, 75017 Paris, France
Website: https://www.hsbc.fr/en-fr/

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Disclaimer:_
This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
Dr.Jean Beunardeau, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER , HSBC BANK. This message
contains confidential information and is intended only for the
individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not
disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender
Dr.Jean Beunardeau immediately by e-mail if you have received this
email by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are
not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying,
distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this
information is strictly prohibited

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