419 scam: "Mr. Paul Adams"<pauladams@sc.com> Re:Forwarded fund

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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 beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Paul Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pauladamsscb-us@s-chartered.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 19:07:15 -0700
Subject: Re:Forwarded fund

Dear beneficiary,

This is to notify you that my bank (Standard Chartered Bank) has received a payment credit instructions with respect to

your fund ($5.3Million). This letter of credit was forwarded to Standard Chartered Bank (USA region) by Standard

Chartered Bank (Africa regional head office) for the purpose of releasing this fund from USA owing to challenges and

delays faced in Africa.

For details on this payment,I, Mr. Paul Adams of New York branch office of Standard Chartered Bank has been designated to

facilitate this fund release to you effectively.

In two days time, full papers regarding this fund shall be received in hard copies by my office from our bank Africa

regional office and I shall do all needed paper filings here in USA to enable a swift payment to you.

Please confirm your personal details below for verification:

NAMES IN FULL (as it appears on your ID)...................

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS(not P.O.Box)...........................

DATE OF BIRTH..............................................

TELEPHONE/MOBILE...........................................

PRESENT COUNTRY............................................

Thank you

Mr. Paul Adams

Manager

Standard Chartered Bank

1095 Avenue of the Americas. New York, NY 10036

Direct Tel:1-706-819-6494

Anti-fraud resources:

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