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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: UNITED BANK AFRICA <richardoba002@gmail.com>
Reply-To: remmittancedept9@officeliveusers.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 04:10:51 -0700
Subject: CONTRACT NUMBER: NNPC/PED/2039/-X192/99

UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
FOREIGN /CONTRACT PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
CO-OPERATE HEAD QUARTERS TINUBU SQUARE
MARINA LAGOS NIGERIA

OUR REF: CBN/CPN9/11 YOUR REF:PRJ2039/-X192/99/NNPD/503

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

ATTENTION: CUSTOMER,

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS DUE FOR PAYMENT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND UNITED NATIONS OFFICE YOUR NAME WAS DISCOVERED AS
NEXT ON THE LIST OF THE OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR
PAYMENTS AND HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH WRONG OFFICIAL(SCAMMED) WHICH YOU ARE
ASK TO STOP ANY TRANSACTION WITHOUT THIS REF.
(REF:PRJ2039/-X192/99/NNPD/503) FOR YOUR OWN SECURITY PURPOSE .

I ALSO WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND WILL BE
RELEASED TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER BY INFORMING THIS BANK
THAT YOU ARE READY TO RECEIVED YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT BECAUSE ALL THE LEGAL
DOCUMENTS HAS BEEN PROCURED AND READY TO PAY YOU.

ALSO NOTE THAT FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING BANKING DETAILS
AND YOUR PART PAYMENT IS (US$5 MILLION DOLLARS,) PLEASE RE-CONFIRM TO ME IF
THIS IS INLINE WITH WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR RECORD AND ALSO RE-CONFIRM TO ME
THE FOLLOWINGS

(1)CONTRACT NUMBER: NNPC/PED/2039/-X192/99
CONTRACT AMOUNT: $5 MILLION
2)YOUR FULL NAME.
3)PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE #.
4) RESIDENT ADDRESS:
5)COMPANY NAME,POSITION AND ADDRESS.
6)PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS.
7)COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT.

AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATIONS ARE RECEIVED, YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO YOU
THROUGH WIRED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DIRECTLY FROM UNITED BANK OF AFRICA AND A
COPY OF WIRE TRANSFER TELEX CONFIRMATION WILL WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOU
TO TAKE TO YOUR BANK AND CONFIRM IT. Below are the contacts of our
remittance department.


MR FRED MOCK

TEL: 234-8186-744628

234-7095-463227
EMAIL:remmit@blumail.org
remmittancedept9@officeliveusers.com

Urgently contact remittance dept. Manager

REGARDS,

Mrs Nancy Martins

Secretary Of the United Bank Africa

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