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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: "Union Bank PLC" <compliance@adb.org>
Reply-To: compliance10@naver.com
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:41:21 -0400
Subject: VITAL UPDATE

Dear Customer,

Attn: Sir/Madam,

RE: ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT ADVICE

I am Mr. Frank Uba, the Director, foreign operations and head of Swift Transfer unit of Union Bank PLC, Lagos Nigeria, In line with the directives from the office of the presidency that your accrued interest should be paid to you immediately instead of declaring its dividend, which has been the case before now.

Some time ago, your contract/inheritance sum was brought to our bank by the central bank of Nigeria (CBN), after some period of time, this money was taken back to the Federal Government Treasury, and for the period of time your contract/inheritance sum was with our bank, it generated an interest of US$2.8 Million, which we are about to pay to you via International Certified Bank Draft, ATM card payment or direct transfer to your nominated bank account via our offshore Banking arrangement.

You are advised to hasten up to pick up this US$2.8 Million as quickly as possible because the CBN auditors normally cross-check our files and our financial update. The CBN officials want your accrued interest sum paid to them but we refused, based on the mandate given to us by the office of
the presidency. Now, you have to claim your fund as soon as possible, otherwise, if the CBN officials find out that this interest sum is still with our bank, they will want to call back the money to the Federal Government Treasury and you know the autocracy with the Central Bank of Nigeria Payment System.

Be informed, you have to get back to me immediately as soon as you receive this mail, so that we can make the necessary arrangement on how your US$2.8 Million will be paid to you.

NB: KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL BANKING DETAILS FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS, INCLUDING YOUR ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER, OCCUPATION, AGE AND A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Frank Uba
Director, Foreign Operations {UNION BANK PLC}
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This mail is from a staff of Union Bank Plc. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination and other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you have received this mail in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Union Bank PLC and its employees accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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