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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: Mr.Stephen Atkinson <zx17@trewq828.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <mr-stephenatkinson@live.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 01:55:20 +0530
Subject: THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AND MY REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY.


Mr. Stephen Atkinson Branch Manager Standard Chartered Bank 1 Basinghall Av=
e, City of London, United Kingdom. Telex: +44-871 915 6957 E-mail: [mr-step=
henatkinson@live.com] Esteemed Compliments, I anticipate that you read this=
mail quickly and let me know your opinion or willingness on this classifie=
d information that I will release to you. Firstly, I am a happily married m=
an with 3 kids and therefore I would not want to jeopardize this opportunit=
y to change my financial status that will give my family a secured future. =
I am Mr. Stephen Atkinson, the branch manager of the Standard Chartered Ban=
k,1 Basinghall Ave United Kingdom. I got your information during my search =
through the Internet. I am 49 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. =
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem=
, but I don't know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that =
this is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction w=
ith me. I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want this bu=
siness offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again. I have packa=
ged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the Regional m=
anager of the Standard Chartered Bank,1 Basinghall Ave United Kingdom; It i=
s my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital,1 =
Aldermanbury square London at the end of each year. So on the course of the=
last three year's 2010 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in =
which I am the Manager made Twelve Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand=
Dollar [$12,850,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will nev=
er be aware of, Nor must they know that I am involved in this transaction. =
I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any b=
eneficiary. As an officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to thi=
s money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can =
assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE, while you=
will have 35% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involv=
ed, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim=
as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branc=
h so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank acc=
ount. If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very m=
uch. As soon as I receive your kind response, I will give you details on ho=
w we can achieve it successfully. Your contact telephone and fax is highly =
needed communication. Please contact me via this E-mail for more details [m=
r-stephenatkinson@live.com] Best Regards, Mr. Stephen Atkinson.=20

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