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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
Fraud email example:
From: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA <officamail11@gmail.com>
Reply-To: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA <unitedbankforafrica1@accountant.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 22:54:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Customer
Dear Customer
This is to officially  inform  that your compensation payment of US$4.5Million has been
AWARDED in your names with UN government last week and it has been forwarded to
our UNITED BANK PLC OF BENIN (UBA) headquarter through the help of United
Nation Organization/ Federal government of Benin Republic and United States of America
government. And the instruction was given to United Bank Of Benin to Issue You ATM
MASTER CARD payment of US$4.5Million direct to your nominated bank account
in your country as soon as you follow our directives in this message.
This instruction was given by United Nation Organization/ Federal government of Benin and
United States of America government and his President Barack Obama to avoid all foreign
individual been scammed again or dealing with fraud internet, since International Monitoring
FUND (I.M.F) have help us to revert all payment files pending in UN which your ,names
was among the list.
Therefore, for further more information's about your award payment file has been
revert in your names. kindly contact United Bank head office with below  Information's so
that we can issue you an ATM MASTER CARD to you without any hitch as the bank telex
instruction has already been sent to our Uba Bank.
NOTE: You will withdraw ten thousand dollars per day once you received your ATM card
from any ATM machine that has Visa Card Logo on it worldwide
Reconfirm your Personal information's for the delivery of your ATM MASTER CARD See below Info..
You're name......................
Country..................................................
Office Phone no..............................
Home phone no …......................
Address/................................
Age/sex....................................................
Occupation............................................
Once you reconfirmed the above information's we can contact the shipping companies to deliver Your
ATM MASTER CARD to your home address.
Yours in service.
Mr.James Long
Executive Director United Bank For Africa
Office Phone +22968549509
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