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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: "Standard Chartered Bank" <AdvisesDU@s2bmail.standardchartered.com>
Reply-To: globeltradincoltd
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 15:37:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: ADVICE FROM STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.


www.standardchartered.com

Subject: Your beneficiary advice from Standard Chartered branch/subsidiary

Dear customer,


We are pleased to attach your beneficiary advice with this email, based on
the payment instruction from our customer.

Should you have any enquiry or require assistance, please contact your
payor (our customer) at the contact number stated in the attached advice.

Please note that you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 5.0 or above
to view your advice. If you do not have the required software, you can
download it from the Adobe website at www.adobe.com

This is a system generated e-mail. Please do not reply to the sender of
this e-mail.

Best Regards,
Customer Service Manager
Standard Chartered Bank

Disclaimer

This email is confidential. If you are not the addressee tell the sender
immediately and destroy this email without using, sending or storing it.
Emails are not secure and may suffer errors, viruses, delay, interception
and amendment. Standard Chartered PLC and subsidiaries ("SCGroup") do not
accept liability for damage caused by this email and may monitor email
traffic. Unless expressly stated, any opinions are the sender's and are
not approved by SCGroup and this email is not an offer, solicitation,
recommendation or agreement of any kind.

If you wish to be discontinue receiving your statements through email,
please contact your customer services representative or your local
Standard Chartered Bank support telephone number.

Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB") is a member of SCGroup incorporated in
England with limited liability. SCB's principal office is 1 Aldermanbury
Square, London, EC2V 7SB, UK. SCB is authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority ("FSA") and in FSA's register under no.
114276. SCB's VAT no. is GB244106593. FSA is the lead regulator for the
SCGroup. For regulators in other countries contact the local compliance
officer.

Disclaimer

This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be
privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all
copies and notify the sender immediately. You may wish to refer to the
incorporation details of Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank
and their subsidiaries at
https://www.sc.com/en/incorporation-details.html.

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