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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. Mark Smith" <marksm_a1@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: marksm_1@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:05:05 +0000
Subject: Important Notification.

>From The Desk of:
Mr. Mark Smith.
Manager, Accounts Department,
Standard Investment Bank, London.
Tel: +44 700 596 1725. Extension 2.
DL: +44 704 011 6413.
Fax: +44 870 130 0393. Office hours: 9AM-6PM Mon.-Fri.

I am Mark Smith of the accounts department of the Standard investment Bank
London. Following instructions we have received from our affiliate bankers
and financial house, $12.5 Million Dollars has been approved for payment to
you out of funds you are laying claims to. This is absolutely classified top
confidential information which you are advised to keep to yourself.

Approval for this payment would be given by our executive director after we
have scrutinized your personal information. You are therefore advised to
send to us the following:

A re-confirmation of your full names, contact address, country of origin,
personal telephone or cell phone numbers, your age, occupation and marital
status. Please make these information’s available to us immediately as this
would be used to compare what we have from our affiliate bankers. We will
also need a scanned copy of your international or driver’s license and the
total amount you are laying claims to.

As soon as this is verified, the executive director says you should contact
him via details below for directives on the requisite modalities to be
followed for the wire transfer of this fund to you. I will direct you on
when you should contact him.

Dr. Greg Blather.
(Executive Director, International Operations)
Standard Investment Bank,
618 Lea Bridge Road,
London E10 6AS.
Tel: +44 700 596 1725. Extension 4.
Fax: +44 870 130 0393.
Email: standardinvestmentbanklondon@uk2.net


You are advised to keep this communication very confidential to avoid a
fraudulent claim of this fund approved for payment and transfer to you as
the bank would not be held liable for any fraudulent wire transfers to an
account other than yours.

Congratulations to you!

Yours truly,
Mr. Mark Smith.

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