419 scam: "STANDARD CHARTERED BANK" <noreply@northsouth.edu> FROM STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "managerbrahimatta1@foxmail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: managerbrahimatta1@foxmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:40:51 +0600
Subject: FROM STANDARD CHARTERED BANK,

From:Mr Ibrahim Attah
FROM STANDARD CHARTERED BANK GHANA,
Spintex Road Close to Coca Cola Roundabout, Spintex Road – Accra

Dear Friend.

I got your contact from the house of commerce here in Ghana during the search ,search
for a honest person .My name is Mr Ibrahim Attah. The regional manager of standard
chartered bank,Teshie Nungua Branch Ghana. I am a Ghanaian by birth,46years of age and
married with three children. Although i am not comfortable to send this proposal to you
because of increase in SCAM and FRAUD especially in Africa , but i am too sure that
this is not Scam because you have access to confirm,provided you did not let my Bank
know the source of your information.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the regional
manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my head office in the
capital city of Accra Ghana.On the course of the last year 2012 end of the year's
report, i discovered that my branch in which i am the manager ,made twenty-four million
us dollars. ($24,000,000.00 ) of which my head office is not aware and will never be
aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a
beneficiary. As the regional manager of the bank , I cannot be directly connected to
this Money thus, i am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account.I intend to part 25% of this fund to you while 75% shall be for
me and two officers who will assist me move the fund to your account. I do need to
assure you that there are no risk involved

in this Business. going to be a Bank-to-Bank transfer . All i need from you is to
stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, i will
appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how you will keep our
share.

NB: Your early reply is highly welcomed and attach your profiles,such as your name and
address,and also your contact telephone number for easy means of communication.

Best Regards,
Mr Ibrahim Attah
Direct Phone Contact: +233 232 639 137
Email: managerbrahimatta1@foxmail.com

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