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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: "Andy Halford" <andyhalford11@outlook.com>
Reply-To: andhalfd@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:29:34 -0000
Subject: Interest: Investment..




Standard Chartered Plc
1 Basinghall Ave, London
EC2V 5DD,
United Kingdom.

Sir.,

I am Andy Halford, The Group Chief Financial Officer, I decided to
contact you directly to solicit your assistance and guidelines in making a
business investment in your company or projects, But at this moment, I am
constrained to
issue more details about this profitable Business investment as we are set
to split/ share ($300 Million USD) in various businesses and Projects
International, until I get your response by mail i will give you further
details. Please take a moment of your very busy schedule today to reply
this mail if you are interested. I will give you the full details as soon
as I receive a positive reply indicating your interest in
participating in this project.

Hoping to hear from you soonest.

Regards,

Andy Halford
Group Chief Financial Officer
Mobile: +44- 792-432-4026
https://www.sc.com/en/about-us/our-people/about-us-our-people-profile/andy-halford.html


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