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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: UBA Direct <uba_direct@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:50:18 +0100
Subject: Compliments of the day,


Compliments of the day,I am contacting you base on recommendation, trust and confidentiality. I hope my message will not cause you much embarrassment as I write to you in good manner. My name is Mr. David Bassey, I am the Deputy Manager and also the Head of Financial Control of United Bank For Africa Group (UBA). I am 48 years of age and married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTEGRITY; I only hope we can assist each other, I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I.As the Head of Financial Control of United Bank For Africa Group (UBA), It is my duty to send out a financial report to our head office at the end of each annual general meeting/financial report.During our mid-year annual general meeting which ended 2 weeks ago, I discovered that my branch in which I am the deputy manager made an excess profit of Four Million and Eight Hundred Thousand united States Dollars [US$4,800,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since placed the funds in what we called "Escrow Suspense Account" without any beneficiary; As the head of financial control of this bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money, this is why I am contacting you to assist me so that you will receive the money in your bank account as the beneficiary, and you will get 40% of the total funds as your commission.All I need from you is to claim as the right beneficiary of the funds, who made the deposit in my branch so that my bank head office can make the transfer to your designated bank account, since all international transfers are carried out from the head office. Upon your acceptance of this proposal and your co-operation, I will furnish you with all the details.I am 100% assuring you that we can claim the funds successfully if you can follow my instruction and direction, kindly send me your reply dr_bassey@hotmail.comBest Regards,Mr. David Bassey.

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