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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: Standard Chartered Bank <g.b97316@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:20:47 +0100
Subject: Vital Info.


Dear Valuable Customer,













We hereby confirm the receipt of part payment of US $8,500,000.00
dollars only, into our ESCROW vault / account with the Standard
Chartered Bank in Nigeria by order of the Foreign Debt Recovery
Committee on Overdue Contract / Lotto Award / Inheritance payments in
Africa / Overseas via the African Development Bank (ADB), as indicated
in our database.













We sincerely apologize for the delays and advice you to STOP any further
communication with any other payment center in any part of overseas
countries, as well as your associates in any of the African countries
e.g., South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Abidjan, Angola, Cotonou for
they contributed hindrances to the release of your funds.













Kindly provide us with the below information to reconfirm your details in our database and for our prompt payment procedures.













Beneficiary's name: --------------------------------






Address: -------------------------------------------






Tel: ------------------------- *Fax: ---------------






Purpose of payment: --------------------------------






Country of Origin of the Fund:----------------------






Receiving Bank: ------------------------------------






Address: -------------------------------------------






Bank Routing Number: -------------------------------






Account number: ------------------------------------













Our final fund release order will be forwarded to our operational paying
bank, the Standard Chartered Bank in London, UK for the immediate
release of your allocation to you upon receipt and official
re-confirmation of the above information.













For any further inquiry, please contact the undersigned officer as funds
will be retrieved to treasury after ten (10) business days of this
notice.













Once again, you are strictly warned against your further communication with your unscrupulous associates in Africa and overseas.













Yours In Service,






Mr. Godswill Murphy






Foreign operation dept.






FG Finance Lagos, NG






www.standardcharteredbank.com

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