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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- www.ubabank_africa@africamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- our bank. you can contact the bank director on www.ubabank_africa@africamail.com thank you and have a wonderful day while using the (Africamail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: Fund Inheritance Matter <officeofwilliamscord@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:04:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: We expect you
 Hello Your Lordship,
How are you doing today my name is  Williams Cord, the Remittance officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA).
We discovered a sum of money worth $6.8Million United State Dollar which was supposed to be your long time inheritance fund. One Mr. Johnson Okeke from Benin Republic gave us this fund to convert it into an ATM Visa Card while delivering to you thereby avoiding some movement of money.
We expect you to send us your bank details if not interested with the ATM Visa Card delivery so we can immediately wire the fund to you through the Online Bank to Bank Transfer along with the requirements which you are to follow thus giving us the assurance of a successful transfer of fund to your bank account
Having sent us your bank details, you are also required to send your personal information such as:
Full name:….Home address:..Occupation:....City/State:....Country:....Age:....Marital Status:....Phone Number:...Passport ID Card for identification
Please note that this fund has been kept here for too long and needed to be transferred to you at once without any further delay to avoid the Government of Benin confiscating into Contract Fund Project (CFP)
We also advice you to come down to this part of the world if you have the time knowing full well that money is what we are talking about here else you are to send a fee of just $450usd for the issuance of Certificate Of Approval from the Ministry of Finance comprehensively with our bank to your personal bank in the direction of enabling a successful bank transfer.
We hope to receive your co-operation based on this subject matter and make arrangement with our bank. You can contact the bank director on www.ubabank_africa@africamail.com
Thank you and have a wonderful day while using the below email address to send us your bank details.Â
Williams CordU.B.A.Fund Remittance officerBenin Republicofficeofwilliamscord@gmail.com
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