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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: "LAMIN NANJANG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richard.manton@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 14:09:52 +0200
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (SCB)
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
Address: NNPC Towers, Herbert Macaulay Way,
Central Business District Abuja NG.
 
From The Office of Chief Executive Officer
Lamin Manjang.
 
Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,
I wish to use this medium to inform you that your full Payment of USD$7.8 Million (Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$7.8 Million in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$10,000 Only.
 
The federal government have mandated STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (SCB), to send  you the ATM CARDand PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$7.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but as i have mentioned earlier, 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 via whatsapp line +1(281)393-7480 for immediate response to enable his office attend to your file as soon as they hear from you the beneficiary of ATM CARD Contact Person: E-mail address: ( richard.manton@aol.com or richardmanton@yandex.com ) Mr.Richard Manton and inform him that you received a message from our office instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$7.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your direct phone number and contact address where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you.
 
Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.
 
Best Regards.
MR.LAMIN NANJANG
Ceo Standard Chartered Bank.

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