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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" <no-reply@std.co.za>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 17:27:42 +0200
Subject: Account Locked/Blocked!!!


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Dear Standard Bank customer,
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On Tuesday, May 25, 2015 16;16:00 PM GMT-3,

We are suspending your Standard Bank Internet Banking access for verificat=
ion reasons as we encountered some errors during our regular upgrade.
Your urgent attention is required to activate your Internet Banking now in=
other to avoid future termination.

Standard-Bank/Activate-Now/
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=A9Disclaimer | Copyright Standard Bank Group Limited. All rights reserved=
. The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (Reg. No. 1962/000738/06). Auth=
orised financial services provider. Registered credit provider (NCRCP15). =


Disclaimer and confidentiality note: Everything in this email and any atta=
chments relating to the official business of Standard Bank Group Limited is=
proprietary to the group. It is confidential, legally privileged and prote=
cted by law. We do not own and endorse any other content. The person addres=
sed in the email is the sole authorised recipient. Please notify the sender=
immediately if it has unintentionally reached you and do not read disclose=
or use the content in any way. Standard Bank Group cannot assume that the =
integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that it is free of =
errors, virus, interception or interference. For our privacy policy or info=
rmation about Standard Bank Group visit our website at www.standardbank.com=
.

-- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Pinp=
oint Securemail, and is believed to be clean.

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