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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Adminnistrator" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pr1gb@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:16:20 +0430
Subject: Stanbic Investment International.

I am Dr. John Kwame,
 
Fund Manager, Stanbic Bank (a member of the Standard Bank Group) Investment International, Ghana.
 
Africa's Largest Fund Management Company with over 1.2 Trillion USD Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as The Stanbic Fund Manager, I handle all our Investors' Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit (EMRCP) per annum on each of the Investors' Marginal Capital Fund. As an expert, I have made over USD$22, 745, 000, 00M) from the Investors' EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Stanbic Marginal Capital Fund.
 
All confirm-able documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance. Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50/50. If interested, please include your direct contact details in your reply so we could discuss more in regard to this transaction.
 
If this does not interest you, I'm sorry to have bothered you!
 
Have a good day!
 
Sincerely,
Dr. John Kwame
 
www.stanbicbank.com.gh Stanbic Brokerage Services LLC
Best ISAs, SIPPs and Funds - Stanbic Worldwide Investment
www.stanbicbank.com.gh
 
 
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