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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. John Wiley" <martyntaylor1956@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gfrdeee@mail.bg
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:33:13 -0700
Subject: Re: CANCELED OF YOUR FUND SUM (US$10.700,000:00)

>From The Desk Of
Mr. John Wiley
Head, E-Business & Card Products
Standard Chartered Bank, UNITED STATES,

RE: IMMEDIATE COMPENSATION / BENEFICIARY PAYMENT: AV / SCBUK / FGN / MIN /
22

May I humbly request for your opinion regarding the cancellation plans of
your inheritance payment of 10.7musd. What is the rationale behind your
decision to abandon your funds after it has been approved and programmed.
On behalf of the Standard Chartered Bank, Judicial council who prompted
this inquiry, I wish to categorically exonerate this office from any blame
if this fund was canceled by the end of this month as already planned by
Foreign Remittance Department.

Your silence is creating a very dangerous situation here. As at today, I
got a report from MRS Barbara The Paymaster General Foreign Remittance
Department to prepare for the cancellation of your fund since you fail to
comply on transfer instructed, With due respect to our security ethics,
please why didn't you want your fund transferred any more.My name is Mr.
John Wiley from telex department and i am the one in-charge to make the
transfer of your fund to you, we have started making the foreign transfer
since two days now, all the listed beneficiaries along side has been paid.

Our concern is to continue to protect the interest of all investors in the
entire world. The FBI has denied the purported letter sent to you. During
our web interaction with WWW.fbi.GOV it became clear that the so-called
letter was forged to extort money from you to sponsor the diversion of your
inheritance fund. Your stand on this issue is being urgently awaited before
12noon time by today or tomorrow.

However we are still waiting to hear back from you to enable our Foreign
Remittance Department to remit your approved fund to you immediately.All
you need to do is just send the $200 for processing fee to our bursary.

Then get me information on payment and then tell me in clear terms, how you
would like to receive your fund and it would be done. I want you to take up
this opportunity, this type comes but once, I have notified you adequately
about this, but you are being deceived by your past experience and you
think everyone is like that. No, for the upteempth time, send the $200 fee
or just send the money and indicate how you want to receive your payment
and we will do the rest for you. Take my word as my bond, you will receive
your overdue payment without any other out of pocket expenses after the
processing fee of $200, send the money today, so that I will get everything
done tomorrow and your fund is paid to you immediately, Mind you that by
tomorrow or next we have not submitted your payment form for your payment,
you will never receive it again as we will finally close this payment
programme. I want to hear from you ASAP.

Please note, every charge has been deducted apart from the processing fee
of $200 which means you are advised to pay it while filling in the below
information.

*Do you wish to have it Processed into An ATM CARD ?

*Do you want it to be transferred to an Account Of Your choice ?

*Do you want us to issue you a BANK DRAFT worth US$10,700,000.00 ?

*Do you want your funds to be transferred to you through the Diplomatic
method?

Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX)
:______________________
Name of City of Residence:_______________________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number:________________________
Mobile Number:____________________________________
Working Identity Card/:________________________________
Which Of The Option Do you wished to have your funds?

YOURS SINCERELY,
Mr. John Wiley
Head, E-Business & Card Products
Standard Chartered Bank, UNITED STATES,

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