419 scam: "Standard Chartered Bank"<tomasmedinamota@wanadoo.es> Attention: Dear Beneficiaries

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Standard Chartered Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <phillipclauda.d@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 04:27:05 +0100
Subject: Attention: Dear Beneficiaries

Attention: Dear Beneficiaries,

After the Compensation Conference meeting with United Nation Aid, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana, in-conjunction with Standard Chartered Bank Plc held on 12th July. 2014, the United Nation Aid, Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana with the Standard Chartered Bank Plc, has concluded to compensate all those Beneficiaries that falls victim in any part of the world with the sum of $25,000,000.00 US Dollars, (twenty five million dollar) this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to government problems and scam activists, under the Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana.

Your name was found in the list among those beneficiary and that is why the Federal Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana, registered your own funds into a Standard Chartered bank offshore suspense account to be transfer to you, these have been agreed upon and have been duly signed by Mr. Ban Ki-moon United Nation Secretary General, Hon. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor MP for Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana, Mr. Philip Claudia Account Administrator Standard Chartered Bank Plc. They mandated us to present the Compensation offer of $25,000,000.00 US Dollars through Standard Chartered Bank offshore suspense account in US, after we have taking the 2011 Compensation Offer Project budget estimate.

$25,000,000.00 US Dollars has been deposited in an offshore Standard Chartered Bank account to be sent to you immediately you confirm your following information's " Full name, Home and Office Address, Direct Fax and Telephone number and a copy of your passport identification or drivers license" to the Standard Chartered Bank Account Administrator " Mr. Philip Claudia" on E-mail "philipclauda.d@outlook.com", she will update you with full detail of your Compensation Offer and Standard Chartered bank offshore suspense account details containing your total Compensation Offer payment of $25,000,000.00 US Dollars.

Please, attend to this mail immediately you receive it, to avoid delay or late processing of your Compensation Offer Funds.

Thanks for your co-p orations,
Hon. Dr. Kwabena Duffuor.

Minister of Finance & Economic Planning in Ghana,
Republic of Ghana.
Public Relations Office – (Room 303 or 350).
P.O. Box MB 40,
Accra, Ghana.

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