The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, I can 100% guarantee that YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     C.C & H, SECURITIES Reply-To:     mrsrk2k@gmail.com Subject:     PAYMENT NOTIFICATION Date:     Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:24:35 -0700 (16:24 EDT) Foreign Operations Unit Processing & Payment Department File Ref No: CCHS/97531/HSBC-OX1/08 Sir, Reference to the letter of nomination forwarded to us by the Debt Recovery Committee regarding your part payment sum of US$3,600,000.00 dollars deposited into our account with the HSBC Bank in London UK, our foreign payment operations have reviewed the allocation for further credit to your new changed nominated account as stated below. Bank Name:       Bank of Australia and New Zealand Address:         Antarctic Branch, Floor 3/287 Collins St,                  Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia BSB:             013006 Swift:           ANZBAU3M Account No:      224837-ANTC Account Name:    Brian Constructions However, your information as provided above have been posted to our operational paying bank, the HSBC Bank in form of transfer instructions for transfer of your allocation into your nominated account. Please call the customer service of the HSBC Bnak on +44 870 9749495 Ext. 1, for any further change, quoting the above file reference number and within 48hrs as no change of information will be effected after transfer of funds. For any further inquiry please contact the undersigned officer immediately as funds will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this notice. Regards, Mr. David Brunno Head of Customer Service Foreign Operations Unit Phone: +44 703 1935592 (8am-6pm London Time)   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters.

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary/commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust/diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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NOTE TO SPAMMERS: My scam e-mail filtering system is pretty good but it isn't perfect. Occasionally a regular spam e-mail may get mistakenly published as a 419 scam. This is inadvertent. If you are a spammer and you don't wish to have your spam e-mail published on this website, the solution is simple. Don't send me spam.