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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: "Standard Chartered Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <duccduong792@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 12:37:43 -0700
Subject: Dear valuable customer

Dear valuable customer,



Please read the following carefully,We're glad you made it!

It has been several months and weeks until now which we heard from you and of course you know your funds of $2.5million had been under our
custody for this long which we are not happy with it and we don't like how things are been done by you as all offices had tried by all means
to see that things are been done as its to be done from all offices and yet no message from you until now which we still awaited your
order which you said your funds should not be handed over to anyone for any reason which will have followed until now.

please be aware that as the year runs to ending every unpaid funds will be sent into the goverment account and we would not what that to
happen with our valuable customer like you.

We decided to contact you For your information and to let you know about your pending transaction.

get intouch with our office for immediate transfer of your funds into your account without any more delay.

Thank you for choosing us.
Yours faithfully

Mr. Derrick Harrison,
Standard Chartered Bank
Customer Service Manager
Customer care service +447398558084
duccduong792@gmail.com
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Should you have any enquiry or require assistance, please contact (our yes customer service help center) at the whatsapp contact number and
email address attached.

DISCLAIMER
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The information contained in this message is confidential and solely intended for the individual or entity to whom it is addressed, or
authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, you are hereby notified that any disclosure of
this communication, copying, distribution or taking action in reliance of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be
unlawful. If you received this mail in error, kindly inform the sender and delete the mail. Thank you for your kind gesture.

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