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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: "Steven Cranwell" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olurichard@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:37:13 -0700
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS.

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (SCB)
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
Address:1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York NY 10036 USA.
 
 
From The Office of the CEO Steven Cranwell.
 
 
Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,
 
 
I wish to use this medium to inform you that your full Payment of USD$7.8 Million (Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK of Nigeria have been RELEASED and APPROVED to you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$7.8 Million in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$15,500 Only.
 
 
 
Please note that this funds is coming as a compensation by the Federal government of Nigeria to victims who have been waiting for their long overdue compensation payment for those who have been scam, The federal government have mandated STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (SCB), to send  you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$7.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but as i have mentioned earlier, the maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD$15,500 Only.
 
You are therefore advised to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of STANDARD CHARTERED BANK via E-mail address:( olurichard@yandex.com ) Mr.Richard Manton and inform him that you received a message from our office instructing him to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw your USD$7.8 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, also send him your direct contact information where you want him to send the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you.
 
 
Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accepting our congratulations.
 
 
 
Best Regards,
 
Steven Cranwell
CEO STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.

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