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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: Mike Uba <mikeuba1975@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2021 12:19:34 -0700
Subject: THIS IS TO APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE

From Mark Ubahes



Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share
of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget you’re past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed us some how. Now contact Foreign Remittance Department of the
paying Bank Edward Jean Laurent with the below details for
immediately.



Fortune Trust and Finance Bank Ltd
Foreign Remittance Department
Email address: info@fortunetrstf.com
Phone + 1 (470) 571-1091


Contact him and ask him to send you the total of $920.000.00.{Nine
Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars} which I kept for
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touched with the bank and instruct them where to send the amount to
you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can
share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. Do send to Edward
Jean Laurent, your contact details.



Your Full Names…...........................................



You’re Address…..............................................



Cell Phone Number…........................................



Your occupation................................................



Your Age….....................................................


To enable him process your compensation money to you through online
banking, Bank Check or they can send to you an authorized bank atm
master card to your address for you to withdraw the money from any
bank atm machine in your country.


In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember
that I had forwarded instruction to bank on your behalf to receive
that money, so feel free to get in touch with Edward Jean Laurent he
will send the amount to you with out any delay.



Thanks and God bless you.

Mark Ubahes

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