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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: Musa Johnson <rwallace05305@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Musa Johnson <ubabanknigeria54@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:57:29 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: Your ATM CARD is Approved Now


Attention:

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you your over due compensation inheritance fund
which you could not complete the  process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitized Payment System.
We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM Visa Card), The World  Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement
as to enable our Contract compensation inheritance fund beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference.


The ATM Visa CARD is credited with the sum of $4,800,000.00 USD(four Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars),
it is already loaded in the Master Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM Stand/location
the maximum withdrawal daily limit is five Thousand United States Dollars(US$5,000.00)
we have concluded delivery arrangement with the below courier services companies and their delivery time is stated below.

UPS=48hrs/$250
FedEx=72hrs/$200
DHL=4days/$150

Kindly provide me with the below details in your response to this email
and let me know which courier company you would want us to use for the shipment of your ATM Card to you.
Understand that you will be liable for the delivery fee of your ATM Master Express Card.

1. Valid Delivery Address:
2. Full Names:
3. Phone Number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:


Director Foreign Remittance Department
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Bank NIGERIA
Email: ubabanknigeria54@gmail.com
BEST REGARDS,
Mr.Musa Johnson

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