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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: "Sri Mulyani Indrawati" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bensonsunnymk@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:45:31 +0700
Subject: You Have Been Gifted

Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that your inheritance Payment of USD$5.8M(Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) which is in the vault of the CENTRAL BANK OF INDONESIA have been APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD. This is to enable you to withdraw your full payment in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the World. As a beneficiary in this exercise, be informed that the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000 only.

We have mandated STANDARD CHARTERED BANK;to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your entire USD$5.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but as i stated initially, the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000 only.

You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ,Mr Benson Mk on his direct email address(bensonsunnymk@gmail.com).He shall review your file and proceed on the immediate release and issue of your ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$5.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE around you.

You are therefore required to immediately send the below stated details:

Beneficiary Full name:

Current Home Address:

Direct phone number:

A copy of your identity:


Note: All documentation, certificate and fees for the purpose of the release of your ATM CARD has been cleared and at such, you are not required to pay any fee/charges to secure your Card.
Your swift response is awaited to enable immediate action.

Yours In Service
Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Republic of Indonesia.

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