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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: "Dr. usman" <gmmanage27@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. usman" <unitedbankplc666@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:28:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT UBA BANKPLC FOR YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT OF $10.5MUSD,


UNITED BANKPLC OFFICE
Address No 3 new hospital road
eights Plot 87 Ajose Adeogun Street,Cotonou Benin Republic
Attn:Payment Notification,

This is to bring your notice that,I have paid the re_activation fee
and the delivery of your atm master card,I paid it because the ATM
MASTER CARD code is 8119 and $10.5million inside has less than three
days to expire,and when
it expires,the money inside will go in to government purse.

with that i decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM MASTER
CARD will not expire,because I know that when you get your ATM MASTER
CARD definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me
for helping you. Now i want you to contact UBA Bankplc With your full delivery
information's such as
You’re name
You’re country
You’re home address
You’re Tel phone
number
Your Occupation
include your ID Card
so that they can deliver your ATM MASTER CARD to your designated home
address without any more delay.like i started earlier,the delivery
charges has been paid but i did not pay their
official keeping fee charges since they refused.
and they refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are
going to contact them and the dummorage might have increase.they told
me that their keeping fee

charges is $55.per day and i deposited it yesterday.call him as soon
as you receive this email.
Below is their contact Information's
Contact person: MR
Paul Adams
 UBA BANKPLC OFFICE
Phone number: +229.68193843
contact them today to avoid increase of their official
keeping fee.and let me know once you receive your ATM MASTER
CARD.

Regards
MRS  FAITH BONI
ATM MASTER CARD OFFICE UBA BANKPLC
INTERNATIONAL Federal Republic of Benin West Africa

CONTACT UBA BANKPLC FOR YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT OF $10.5MUSD,

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