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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: "UBA BANK. FOR AFRICA" <economic.financrimescommssion@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubagroup000021@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2021 10:15:12 +0100
Subject: UBA Transaction Notification Services (UBA ALERT) https://ibank.ubagroup.com

<ubagroup000021@yahoo.com>Dear Esteem Beneficiary,*





































*I am sure you have been informed by our Customer Services Department that
the Central Bank of Nigeria approved and released your outstanding funds
payment to our bank.Welcome to United Bank for Africa (UBA) your account is
open and we have lodged your funds in your account and please you should
follow the instructions very correctly as you are making your
transfers.Important Notice: Your account is already in $ and you do not
need to enter any $ SIGNS, NO COMMAS, NO SYMBOL on the amount you wish to
transfer out from your online account while making transfer, so you only
need to enter the amount you wish to transfer in figures: (E.G: 1000000 or
500000). Please take this note seriously or else your transfer will not be
successful.1.Log on to our website: https://ibank.ubagroup.com
<https://ibank.ubagroup.com>2 .Log on to our website:
https://ibank.ubagroup.com <https://ibank.ubagroup.com>3. under the Online
Banking Click on ACCOUNT LOGIN4. Enter Your Online ID: Gods
time,Password:is Best5. Your Security Questions and answers as written
below: (a) what is your favorite food? = Steak(b) in what year was your
father born? 930(c) what was your favorite sport in high school? Handball5. Click on VIEW TRANSACTIONS to see inside your account 6. Click
on TRANSFER FUNDS to make your transfers7. Enter correctly the account
information where you wish to transfer some funds to and click Submit.8.
Enter Transaction Authorization Code (T.A.C) is: 20319. Enter Non-Resident
Authorization Code (N.R.C) is: 2018Once all the information is entered
correctly, you will have a successful transfer in your local account
immediately because it was programmed on a swift online transfer.Maybe you
want to be sure of whom you are communicating with, you are can log on to
our Bank's website to ascertain my position in the Bank
Viz:http://www.ubagroup.com/ <http://www.ubagroup.com/> mc/bios Or my
Identity from:http://www.ubagroup.com/mc/ <http://www.ubagroup.com/mc/>
bio?id0120904032833dky9zr9pp7.For more about me and United Bank For
Africa visit the links below -
http://blog.ubagroup.com/2016/08/kennedy-uzoka-assumes-office-as-uba.html
<http://blog.ubagroup.com/2016/08/kennedy-uzoka-assumes-office-as-uba.html>
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/08/02/kennedy-uzoka-resumes-as-group-managing-directorceo-uba/
<https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/08/02/kennedy-uzoka-resumes-as-group-managing-directorceo-uba/>Thanks
for your anticipated cooperation as I look forward to receiving your call
and confirmation.Regards,Mr. Kennedy Uzoka.MD/CEO United Bank for
Africa.Reply to email: cfc.ubagroup2020@citromail.hu
<cfc.ubagroup2020@citromail.hu>This e-mail and any attachments are
confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be
privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not
the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the
sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy,disclose or
otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Internet
communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. The UBA Bank
does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorized
access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third
party,or from the transmission of any viruses. Replies to this e-mail may
be monitored by the UBA Bank for operational or business reasons. Any
opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does
not relate to the business of the UBA Bank is personal to the sender.*

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