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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: UMPIRE BANK <www.@mint.ocn.ne.jp >
Reply-To: UMPIRE BANK <UBB_bank@umpire.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 02:00:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ONLINE BANKING TRANSFER NOTICE

UMPIRE BANK
Headquarters Washington DC,
USA,
Tel:+12026887735
E-mail:UBB_bank@umpire.com

Dear Esteem Customer,

ONLINE BANKING TRANSFER NOTICE.

This is officially to notify you concerning your fund Transfer via Online Banking system through our bank,
(UMPIRE BANK) to your local bank account, so it will be very easy for you to receive your fund without
any further delay. It has been officially approved by the management of UNO to credit the
sum of US$10.000,000.00M Dollars into your bank account via online banking system.

In light of this, I will Open an Online account for you where I will credit the sum US$10.000,000.00 Million Dollars
and from your online account with us, You can transfer the amount little by little to your local account
by yourself (from your computer).

This fund was part of the compensation for scam victims all over the World from African Countries,
which the World bank and the United Nations has decided to distribute it generously to help few lucky
individuals,and the U.S Government is in agreement with the Umpire Bank to distribute the fund to
700 hundred thousand people in America, Europe & Asia and Africa in other to help improve their businesses.

Right now all you need to do is to provide the under listed information's to creat an online banking account for you.

UMPIRE BANK ONLINE ACCOUNT OPENING FORM (PERSONAL)

{1} Your full name:................
{2} Full Address:.............
{3} Mobile number:.................
{4} Occupation:................
{5} Country:.................
{6} Your National Passport............
{7} Marital status............
{8} Sex............

Best Regard’s
Mr Mark Johnson
the new director

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