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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: "Sanbic IBTC bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <legalassociates@representative.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:52:17 +0530
Subject: Legal Notice!!

Legal Notice!
 
 
I am Frank van Wyngaard, The New Auditing Manager Stanbic IBTC Bank ( a member of standard bank group) an institution that arranges untraceable asset management and safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.
We wish to inform you of the availability of a safe deposit box with our Security firm for which you have been listed as the beneficiary. The box contains raw gold and funds which totals $5.5M (Five million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens or encumbrances and are clean, clear and of non-criminal origin and are available in the form of cash.
 
For Further details, please verify your identity with the under-listed information.
Your Full Name(s)
Your Billing Address
Your Phone Number(s)
Email the details to AuditDep (at) financier.com ( please replace the (at) with @ in the email address)
Once the above information is received, we will avail you further details on how to secure your funds to you.
 
 
Congratulations in advance
 
 
Thank you and I sincerely remain,
 
 
Frank van Wyngaard
AUDITING MANAGER
Sanbic IBTC bank
www.standardbank.com
© 2012
 
 
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