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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: Mark brown <partday4u4@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:35:21 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend,


United Bank for Africa
Registered No: 1026167.
Registered Office: Rue 390, Nigeria

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. James Williams, am the new Director United Bank for Foreign Debt/Contract Payment, am contacting you regarding your outstanding fund in our bank UBA. I want you to know that your fund is now available to transfer through our direct telegraphic wire transfer to your Bank.

And I want you to understand that the Federal House of senate, the office of presidency, Directors of United Nation, European Union Representative on behalf of the Government of Nigeria under the Auspices of the President of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari have unanimously approved your payment of $4.5million USD completely in your favor, this is good news.

Your required to reconfirm the following information to avoid mistake. Here is the information we need below.


YOUR FULL NAME....................
COUNTRY............
TELEPHONE NUMBER...............
YOUR OCCUPATION............................
YOUR HOME ADDRESS............


We have been mandated by the ECOWAS parliament to transfer out $4.5million USD in your favor, you must stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any further hitches in receiving your payment. Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued our code of conduct, which is ( 909 ) so you must indicate this code when contacting us back by using it as your subject.

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as you get my mail.

Mr. James Williams
Foreign Debt/Contract Payment
United Bank for Africa
((909))

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