Have you received an email from "Mr. Williams Millet" at "Standard Chartered Bank Plc" telling you that "your
email address won in the second category" or something similar, and to
contact "foreignremittance@standardcharteredonline.net" to collect your winnings? It is a
scam. No legitimate, legal lottery notifies winners via email (see footnote)! The scammers may
change the names and details, but it is still a scam!
Below is the example of the fake lottery scam claiming to
be from the "Standard Chartered Bank Plc".
Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:46:44 -0400
From:
foreignremittance@standardcharteredonline.net
Address: Nigeria Model branch,
Ikeja Branch, 30, Aromore Street,
Off Adeniyi Jones Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.
Tel: +234-8069686145
Subject: Payment Approval.
Dept.: International Fund Transfer and Remittance.
Date: 15/4/2008
PAYMENT APPROVAL
Attention: Brad Pitt,
I ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL,. BE INFORMED
THAT WE HAVE FULLY FINALIZED THE VERIFICATION PROCESS
OF YOUR FILE AND HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT YOU
ARE THE REAL AND BONAFIDE WINNER OF THIS LOTTERY FUND.
NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO EFFECT YOUR LOTTERY WINNING
FUND TRANSFER AND THIS IS NORMALLY EFFECTED BY TWO
WAYS:
1. INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT THROUGH
COURIER SERVICES.
2. BANK TRANSFER.
THE FOLLOWING COURIER SERVICES WILL BE SENDING TO YOU
THE CERTIFIED BANK DRAFTS TO YOUR RESIDENCE .
YOU ARE THEREBY ADVISED TO CHOOSE ANY OF THE COURIER
SERVICES THAT YOU THINK WILL SUIT YOU AND I WILL GIVE
YOU THE PAYMENT INFORMATION WITH WHICH YOU CAN MAKE
PAYMENT FOR THE COURIER SERVICES FEE.
BREAKDOWN OF THE TRANSFER OPTIONS
(1) INTERNATIONALLY CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT THROUGH
COURIER SERVICES
Mailing..............................................$250.00
Insurance..........................................$180.00
Vat
(5%).............................................$150.00
Winner's Certificate...........................$150.00
TOTAL...............................................$730.00
Mailing...........................................$250.00
Insurance.........................................$150.00
Vat
(5%)...........................................$120.00
Winner's Certificate.....................$180.00
TOTAL...............................................$700.00
Mailing..............................................$230.00
Insurance..........................................$160.00
Vat
(5%).............................................$90.00
Winner's Certificate.......................$100.00
TOTAL...............................................$580.00
(2) ACCOUNT-TO-ACCOUNT TRANSFER
Transfer charge: $400.00
Insurance: $200.00
Affidavit: $150.00
Winner's Certificate : $100.00
TOTAL: $850.00
NOTE : AS SOON AS YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE TRANSFER
SERVICE OF YOUR CHOICE, CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY SO
THAT I WILL GIVE YOU THE PAYMENT INFORMATION WITH
WHICH YOU CAN PAY FOR THE COURIER SERVICES CHARGE AND
YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR BANKING INFORMATION IF
YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE ACCOUNT-TO-ACCOUNT TRANSFER
OPTION.
ONCE AGAIN , ACCEPT MY CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS LOTTERY
WINNING.
Attached below are your Central Bank Transfer/Payment
Approval and your Deposit
Certificate,Congratulations!!!
Your Immediate response will facilitate the transfer
of your prize money.
Yours truely,
Mr. Williams Millet
Managing Director/CEO
Standard Chartered Bank Plc
* Re: emails of winnings. We know of only ONE exception in the world to this rule
- and if you bought a ticket from them, you would know it, and would used their
safegaurds.
