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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: "TERRY M.YANKY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cfc.ubaplc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 02:28:20 -0700
Subject: CONTACT THE BANK IMMEDIATELY

BARRISTER TERRY MICHAEL.YANKY
Senior
Advocate, International Legal Practitioner
Artube's Chamber's COTONOU BENIN
ADDRESS: NO 2 LADIKPO BENIN REPUBLIC
PHONE+22993843698
E-mail: lawchambersterry@gmail.com

Attention;
How are you today?This is Barrister Terry Michael Yanky,The Legal Practitioner
that helped you when you was trying to get your sum of $2.500,000 awarded fund
transferred to your account from United bank for Africa some times ago,i don't
know what was your problem that you wanted to let the huge amount of money go
but i am here to inform you that your fund did not go.Actual the bank wanted to
divert it into government treasury account like they were instructed but i

interfered,Having remembered your effort and that of Donald my heart was
touched and i went to try luck, luckily to me i succeeded by pushing the fund
out of the country to our neighboring country Nigeria.Your fund is no longer in
UBA-Benin but UBA-Nigeria,the fund was forwarded direct to bank head quarter in
Marina Lagos Nigeria,i did this out of human sympathy and with little power i
have as a lawyer made me to achieve it.This achievement created very big joy in
me because i never know i will achieve it although it was hand work of God.The
most sweetest part of it is that the fund is in the bank head quarter in

Nigeria and you will have direct direct deposit into your account,Make urgent
contact to the bank now through this email.(cfc.ubaplc@gmail.com) and phone
number +234-9076005665,They are UBA head quarter in Nigeria have gone through
every thing i forwarded to them and said that only $230 will be needed for the
direct deposit process fee.They told me that it is illegal for a bank to demand
fee after fee.They are very sincere and calculative and can never delay your
fund again.

BARRISTER TERRY M.YANKY
(Attorney)

Aj Shake<ajshake52@gmail.com> REPUBLIC OF BENIN REVENUE SERVICE.

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