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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:42:38 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Activate Your 15.5% UCount Reward Point 2014/10/28





Dear Standard Bank Customer,

Redeem your 15.5% UCount Reward point Today.

This is a Reward receipt for Invoice 1146198850 sent on 2014/10/28 from Standard Bank

ATTACHMENT is the copy of your Standard Bank Ucount Account Statement payment to your account, as requested by our Electronic System, Please confirm on your account statement and verify the approval of the Deposit amount today to process the availability of your Reward Point.

Reward Point : 15.5%
Transaction #: 1146198850
Total Reward Point Paid to Date: 15.5%

Kindly follow these steps below to verify your accounts:
1 DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHMENT provided by our Security Team.
2 Open the ATTACHMENT FILE (in your Web Browser) and fill in the required fields.


Thank you for being a valued customer.
Sincerely,


Best Regards

©2014 Standard Bank is a licensed financial services provider in terms of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act and a registered credit provider in terms of the National Credit Act, registration number NCRCP15.

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