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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: UNITED =?iso-8859-1?Q?NATION=AE?= <info@large.org>
Reply-To: mrsjscole@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 02:41:03 +0200 (IST)
Subject: Greetings to you,

Attn: Beneficiary,

Greetings to you,

On behalf of the STANDARD CHARTERED BANK and the UNITED NATIONS we wish to
notify you
as a beneficiary of $700,000 USD in compensation of scam victims.Do
contact STANDARD CHARTERED BANK, AFRICA Branch for
verification and release of your $700,000 USD that we have deposited with
the STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,AFRICA.


The account log on will be presented to you by the bank in order to
access the funds before releasing into your nominated bank account.
You will transfer the funds into your nominated account on-line
as the STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,AFRICA will provide the necessary
information to you. We
have taken care of the cost of transfer (C.O.T) and the VAT.Please if you
are willing to
accept the funds, do contact the Managing Director of the
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,
With the following details:


You are to fill the appropriate form
and submit to
the bank.

1. Full Name:_____________________
2. Address:_____________________
3. Nationality:___________Sex:________
4. Age:________Date of Birth:___________
5. Occupation:_____________________
6. Cell Phone:___________Fax:___________
7. State of Origin:_________Country:_______


NOTE: You have two option for your funds to be remitted to you.

[1] BANK 2 BANK TRANSFER

[2] ATM CARD PACKAGE. DELIVERY TO YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS


Managing Director of the standard chartered ,AFRICA
Name:Mr Dave Hupkins
Private Email:mrsjscole@hotmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Dave Hupkins Coordinator.
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.

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