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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: suleman zubari <sulemanzubari75@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 16:10:10 +0100
Subject: Dear Sir/Ma,

MR.SULEMAN ZUBARI
FROM:STANDARD BANK PLC
Email:international.standardbank@gmail.com
www.international.standardbank.com


Dear Sir/Ma,
I Am Mr. Suleman Zubari, in charge of bills and foreign exchange
remittance Department of STANDARD BANK PLC, I am writing you this
letter to ask foryour support and co-operation to carry out this
business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of $10 Million (ten million dollars)
in an account belonging to one of our customer, who died in a plane
crash with the entire family in year 2011.

Since we got information about his death we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money.

Unfortunately, neither the family nor the relation has appeared to
claim this money. We cannot release this money unless somebody applies
as the next of kin or relation to the deceased.

Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed
for a period of six (6) years, it would be transferred into the
STANDARD BANK PLC Treasury as unclaimed fund Another officer and I in
the department now decided to transfer this money into your account as
the next of kin or relation of the deceased foreasy collection since
nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money to go back into
the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.

Infact it is my friend that advised me to urgently arrange to transfer
out this money through another foreign beneficiary outside the
country.Upon your acceptance to this proposal, we have also agreed on
a sharing Ration:
1.30% for you as the account owner 2.70% for I and my colleagues.

Furthermore we shall be coming over to your country when the money is
finally in your account and we shall be relying on your advise as
regards, to investment of our share, be informed that this transaction
is genuine and 100% risk free considering the top level bank officials
involved.

As you know that I enjoy good office here with the bank and I will use
my personality to make the official application on your behalf for
approval of this money into your nominated accountthereby having the
bank transfer this money into your bank account.

I will advice that you furnish me with the necessary details for me to
make the official application of claim on your behalf as the next of
kin and beneficiary of this money with out wasting time. Here are the
details I will need to make the application.

(1)Your Full Name.
(2)Your Contact Address.
(3Your phone & Fax Number.
(4)Nationality.
(5)Place of work/Company.

This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in
less than (7) working days. Waiting for your urgent response.

Regards.
Mr. Suleman Zubari
REPLY Me BY E Mail; international.standardbank@gmail.com

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