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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: "United Bank for Africa Plc, Benin" <afrrccommission@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedbankforafrica.repbeninn@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 14:30:26 +0100
Subject: URGENT NOTICE: YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WROTE TO OUR BANK THAT YOU
ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF COVID-19, AND WE SHOULD RE-DIRECT YOUR FUND PAYMENT TO
YOUR PARTNER, MR. MASSON EDWARDS.

United Bank for Africa Plc.
Carrefour Des Trois Banques Avenue
Pape Jean Paul II, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.


Attention: To Our Dear Contract/Inheritance Fund Beneficiary.

Dear Sir,

URGENT NOTICE: YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WROTE TO OUR BANK THAT YOU
ARE DEAD AS RESULT OF COVID-19, AND WE SHOULD RE-DIRECT YOUR FUND
PAYMENT TO YOUR PARTNER.

I am Chiugo Ndubisi Executive Director for Local/Inter ATM card
Payment of the above Bank, I hereby inform you that our bank had been
Empowered by United Nation Debts Verification and Reconciliation
Center, London UK, to liquidate all foreign Inheritance and Contracts
debts owed to beneficiaries, and also United Nation Debts Verification
and Reconciliation Center had approved and allocated the sum of Ten
Million, Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$10.5M) to each
beneficiary, thereby instructing our bank go ahead to make payment
with the allocated fund to every inheritance and Contract debts
beneficiaries all over the world with "ATM Debit Card Payment".

Note: Surprisingly this morning one Mr. Mr. Mohammed Usman who claims
to be your local representative in this transaction for years now,
wrote to us with an official letter to our bank, instructing us
re-direct the payment of US$10.5M to your Partner Mr. Masson Edwards
with his information below, that you are dead, you died last year 2020
as result of Corona Virus popularly know as Covid-19, that you were
infected with Covid-19 and give up the ghost last year, and for this
reason that we should re-direct ATM debit Card payment with name and
Address of your partner Mr. Masson Edwards, that Mr. Masson Edwards is
your partner in this transaction, now that you are dead it is your
partner Mr. Masson Edwards who has the legal right to claim the fund,
below is the information of your partner.

Name: Mr. Masson Edwards,
Address: 1776 N 9th Street.
De Queen, Arkansas 71832, USA

Note again, because the development, before we can go ahead with the
directives of you local representative, we are writing know if your
are still alive or really dead as result of Covid-19, if you are still
a life, write us immediately you receive this email to avoid us
further ahead with the instruction, be you informed that my bank had
approved the sum of US$10.5M for your payment to paid through ATM
Debit Card, if you are still a life, when you are writing to us you
are requested to forward immediately the below required information.

1. Your full name and your Address.
2. Your Phone and mobile Number and Whatsapp Number.
3. Company name and position.
4. Profession, age and marital status.
5. Your Identification, either your International passport or Identity card

Yours Sincerely,
Chiugo Ndubisi.
Executive Director for Local/Inter ATM card Payment.u

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