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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: Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom
<dr.robinsonpatterson@mail.com>
Reply-To: <robinsonpatterson@mail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:15:38 -0700
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
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From the Management of:
Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom,
78 New Bond Street,
London W1S 3RL,
United Kingdom.

REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
(£15,500,000.00)

This is to notify you about this said fund.

After due vetting and evaluation of your file that was sent to us by
the
Nigeria Government in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affair
and
Central Bank of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We are instructed to effect the release/transfer of the sum of FIFTEEN
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUND STERLING (£15,500,000.00)
of
your claim that has been holding since is transferred into your bank
Account from their Domiciliary Account with this Bank.

We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going
through hard ways by passing through difficulties to see to the
release/transfer of your FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH
POUNDS STERLING (£15,500,000.00), which has been the handwork of some
miscreant elements from that Country.

We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence
from
anywhere concerning your funds, because you don't have to pass through
any
difficult to receive your fund, as you have meet up with the whole
requirements.

We know your representatives in Nigeria or anywhere will advice you to
still go ahead with them, which will be on your own risk.

Your FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS
(£15,500,000.00)
will reflect into your designated Bank Account within three (3) Bank
working days.

We also advice you not to go through anybody again but only through
this
Bank if you really want your fund.

Finally, we required you to re-confirm the below information to us in
other
to avoid wrongful transfer of fund and also for easy communication:

Your Full Name:...........

Your Contact Address:............

Occupation:.......

Age:............

Gender:..............

Private Cell No:..............

Home Telephone No:............

We wait the above information.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Robinson Patterson,
Director of Banking Department,
Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom,
London, United Kingdom.
Tel:- +44-704-5766-334
Fax: +44-700-5946-9490

For further enquirers contact our inquire section on: +44 704 576 9302
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Help the Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom Plc to serve you
better
because The Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom Plc will not be
Liable
for any wrongful Transfer of Fund Thereafter. We prefer your
Communication
on with us through Email Address for Security Reasons.

Congratulation as We Look Forward To hearing From You Soon.

DISCLAIMER NOTICE
The information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary
to
Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom and/or its customer(s), and is
intended for use only by the individual(s) or entity (ies) to whom it
is
addressed, and may contain privileged or confidential information. If
this
is a forwarded message then its content may not have been sent with the
authority of Orkbane Standard Bank of United Kingdom. Consequently,
Orkbane
Standard Bank of United Kingdom shall not be liable for any mail(s)
sent
without due authorization or through unauthorized access. If you are
not
the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person
responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you
are
hereby notified that any use, distribution, transmission, printing,
copying
or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is
strictly prohibited. Whilst every reasonable precaution to minimize
exposure to risk has been taken, the sender cannot accept liability for
any
damage, which you sustain as a result of software viruses.

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are
addressed.
Internet communications are not secured and therefore Orkbane Standard
Bank
of United Kingdom does not accept any legal responsibility for the
contents
of this message. If you have received this email in error please notify
us
immediately. This message contains confidential information and is
intended
only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you
should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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