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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 BANK PLC ATM CENTRE" <atmcashcard2014@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: atm01242@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 04:23:58 -0600
Subject: Attention: NEW SWIFT CARD PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
FUNDS.




STANDARD BANK PLC
Cannon Bridge House
25 Downstate Hill, EC4R 2SB020 7815 3000 Nigeria
Contact Us, atm01242@gmail.com
Our Ref: ATM/13470/IDR
STANDARD BANK PLC ATM CENTRE
Contact phone number : +234-80889-20240


YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY BANK OR
OFFICE REGARDING THIS FUND FOR SAFETY REASONS.OR YOU WILL BE AT RISK.(Be
Warned)

Attention: NEW SWIFT CARD PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUNDS.


>From office of the Manager ATM CENTRE STANDARD BANK PLC (Mr Richard
Okolie.) This is to intimate and guide you, on the approval of your
payment worth over Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
(US$5.5000,000.00) which was approved/released in your name here last week
by the FOREIGN AFFAIRS department of STANDARD BANK PLC.It is therefore our
pleasure to letting you know that we have verified your
contract/inheritance payment file and discovered that your file was long
overdue for payment since 2010, and the reason you have not received your
payment, is because your file was dumped by one of our fiduciary agent
in-charge of your file.And till date, you have not been able to receive
your contract/inheritance payment.


To this end, all your efforts to secure the release of your fund failed.
We therefore wish to advise that you stop any illegal transaction with any
person(s) or office(s), regarding your contract/inheritance funds, as
continuing with them, to claim your contract/inheritance funds will
further frustrate and stop your payment claim.We have received an express
mandate and instructions from the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to commence the
immediate release of your funds through our swift card payment centre. We
have therefore concluded arrangements for the release of your payment via
an ATM CARD. You shall receive your payment sum through our card centre.

They shall send to you an ATM CARD, which contains the above mentioned
sum, that you will use to withdraw your contract/inheritance funds in any
ATM CENTRE with a maximum withdrawal of $4,000 to $5,000 United States
Dollars daily. However, Note that this method of payment will be granted
if you are okay with it for the release of your contract/inheritance
entitlement. You are advised to get back to us with your full contact
details to claim your FUNDS/ATM CARD. Which is as stated below. You are
required to provide the following information:

1. Your full name.
2. Phone number.
3. Your Current Address.
4. Your age
5. Occupation
6. Attach a copy of your id Card for identification.


To enable me forward it to the ATM DEPARTMENT FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION on
the release of your ATM Card. Please note: The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTRE has
been mandated to issue out $5.5000,000.00 (Five Million five hundred
thousand, United States Dollars)only as part payment of your
contract/inheritance entitlement for the year 2010-2013.You are hereby
warned to stop further communications with any person(s) or office(s)
apart from the ATM Card payment Department or Mr Richard Okolie in order
to avoid revoke of your payment. You are advised, to follow all the
instructions given to you by using our code of conduct, which
is.............(ATM-13470)..............you have to use it as your subject
heading, when contacting the ATM CARD CENTRE to enable them attend to your
email fast. As soon as you receive this message, you are advised to direct
your email to the Manager ATM Department STANDARD BANK PLC for further
update..


BEST REGARDS
Mr Richard Okolie EMAIL: atm01242@gmail.com
MANAGER ATM CENTER STANDARD BANK PLC
Contact atm01242@gmail.com
Contact phone number : +234-80889-20240

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