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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: "Mr Shri Deepak Singhal." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <scb.transfer@email.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 13:32:59 -0800
Subject: [Spam]
We are really worried..(Act fast)!

Hello,
 
 
I hope that this correspondence is received with the  urgency and expediency required. It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees of the Standard Chartered Bank here in New Delhi that your present inheritance claims application being handled by the Remitting Office in Africa is experiencing some man made irregularities. To this effect, it has become necessary for the Board of Trustees to assign trained Fund Transfer Specialists from India to resolve and regularize
your fund release with immediate effect.
 
 
We at Mr Shri Deepak Singhal & Consults have been duly consulted by the Standard Chartered Bank Board of Trustees in New Delhi.We have been fully informed about how the staff of the remitting agency has been taking advantage of you by telling you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will only make your payment process a long drawn out process.
 
Due to this development, we have been assigned to step into the immediate processing of your fund transfer to enable your funds to be transferred to you within the
shortest possible time. To implement this, you are to get back to us immediately without needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are being demanded from
you by the previous handlers at the remitting bank.
 
All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through the Liaison Remittance Office in New Delhi have been initiated to cut out unnecessary costs.You are advised to treat this communication with the urgency and seriousness required as the Board of Trustees of the Standard Chartered Bank has mandated us to resolve this fund payment within the next three working days independent of the Remitting Offices in Africa.
 
We understand your predicament and truly sympathize with you over your ugly experience in the hands of those disgruntled elements, but I want you to know that your compensation funds of US$1.2Million have no connection with your past. The United nation in collaboration with the Standard Chartered Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) compensated you with the US$1.2Million due to what had befell you in the past and your name was on the list of scam victims.
 
Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to these offices as they shall no longer be handling your payment process.
We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone numbers to my private email address at (scb.transfer@email.com) for re-confirmation so that we may conclude your payment immediately.
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Mr Shri Deepak Singhal.
Mr Shri Deepak Singhal & Consults.

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