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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: "Emmanuel Mayaki" <emmanuelmayaki3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: emmanuelmayaki5@live.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:08:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: PLEASE REPLY.



STANDARD CHARTERED BANK {SCB PLC}
OUR REF: SCB |IRD| CBX|024|06
EMMANUEL MAYAKI, CHIEF INFORMATION
AND AUDIT OFFICER {S.C.B PLC}
ACCRA GHANA.
RE: BANK ERROR IN YOUR FAVOR:$USD15MUSD.

Dear Friend.
I am Emmanuel Mayaki . the Chief information and audit officer of
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) As i assumpt office , I have been able to
come across most Overdue contract sums
owed by the Government of Ghana to Foreign contractors in the past years.
in the process of these payments, I found out through investigation that
my
predecessor moved out the above-mentioned sum outside but was unable to
conclude the transaction before he was removed out of office unaware and
the bank codes changed.

The fund originated from the balance of over-invoiced sum and inflated
government contracts of which the principal sum had been paid to foreign
contractors that executed their contract some years ago.This fund is now
floating in a suspense account of our bank and will be moved by teligraphic
transfer within 48 hours of perfection of your account coordinates.

I have concluded all necessary Arrangements for the TRANSFER of the funds
to an account .Contacting you on this issue became imperative to owing to
the fact that transfer cannot be affected without a second party account
and receiving Bank Code and SWIFT numbers.

Therefore, what is required from you is trust and honesty. No further
documentation, no travel is required, I will forward an account where my
share will be transferred into when the funds reaches your bank. At the
moment, i can only give information that are reasonably able to assist the
transaction without stain of my personality, work or this deal.

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BELLOW.

1) Your full name.

2) Phone, fax and mobile #

3) Company name, position and address if any.

4) Profession, age and marital Status

5) Country and residential address in full

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Please feel free to show concern of assistance.Thanks and God Bless,
looking forward to partner with you for a favorable business cooperation.

REGARDS,
EMMANUEL MAYAKI
CHIEF INFORMATION AND AUDIT OFFICER,
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK{ SCB PLC}




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