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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 OF NIGERIA PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <compliance10@naver.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 00:59:26 +0400
Subject: Re: VITAL UPDATE

Dear Customer.
 
Attn: Sir / Madam,
 
RE: ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT ADVICE
 
I AM Mr. Frank Uba, the Director, foreign operations and head of payment verification unit of Union Bank PLC, Lagos Nigeria, in line with the instruction from the presidency that your accrued interest should be paid to you immediately instead of the principal sum, 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; the money was taken back to the Federal Government Treasury. This was done because of the autocracy from the CBN where they use beneficiary money to make interest from deposit with local banks for short period of time. This has frustrated so many fund beneficiaries and also caused several delay from getting foreign beneficiaries paid their due sum.
 
But with the intervention of the Presidency giving the Union Bank of Nigeria the unanimous right to handle all foreign payment under the supervision of the CBN.  As the case maybe, the CBN has declared the sum of US$2.8M as your accrued interest and also approved this sum to be paid to you without any further delay. It is my duty to verify your information and also ensure that the said amount is immediately allocated for payment.
 
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 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 is intended only for the person or entity that is addressed and may contain confidential and / or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use, or any action in reliance on this information by persons or entities. 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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