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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: OFFICE NOTICE <officedesky@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: OFFICE NOTICE <ubabank223@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 13:22:34 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Welcome to United Bank for Africa (UBA)


 Welcome to United Bank for Africa (UBA)
International Payment Department.
Cotonou, Benin Republic
E-mail:: ubabank223@yahoo.com
Issue Date: 10-1-2015
____________________________________________
Attn: Customer
 
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Cotonou Benin, acknowledge the receipt of your mail message and we understand that you prefer to claim your outstanding sum of  ($1.5 m) only by UBA Online wire transfer KTT into personal bank account in your country .
 
In line with our Online wire transfer modalities you are instructed to comply with the following instruction by providing the following information outline below to enable us Forward to you more information on how you are to credit your fund into your bank account within 48hours without any more delay.
 
1. Furnish us with a copy of your valid ID for identification purposes
2. Fill out the payment verification form list in this email bellow for easy credit into your account.
 
Name of your Bank:
Bank Address:
Account Number:
Routing Number:
Swift Code:
Bank telephone numbers for easy communication:
Your Annual Income:
You’re Occupation:
Your Full Name:
Your Home Address:
You’re Mobile, Office and Home, Telephone Numbers:
Your Next of Kin:
You’re Age:
 
You should fill out the details required in the UBA Transfer Application Form noted to this message and send it back along with your valid ID picture for identification purpose only and the details could be sent through email transmission,
 
Therefore, our legal verification officer is presently waiting for you to validity us with the required information for immediate process the transfer so we will authorize our foreign remittance to forward to you the information for you to credit your account with the sum of US $1.5 m MILLION.
 
Sign/ Approval.
United Bank for Africa (UBA)
International Payment Department.
Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Thanks Mr Mrs Janet Yaki

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