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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 <committeeusdebtreconciliation@gmail.com>
Reply-To: united20113821@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 11:23:18 +0100
Subject: Re-Issuance of Your Upgraded ATM Debit Card No; 2354345609524204.
(Total Value: US$5,390,000 only. You Can Withdraw Funds Anywhere)

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UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC
Card Issuer/Securities Services;
International Banking Department
ATM Regulatory & Compliance Board
Email united20113821@gmail.com
Tel: +22969445915
Our ref: UBA/T/ATM/COMP/14-CI

Re-Issuance of Your Upgraded ATM Debit Card No; 2354345609524204.
(Total Value: US$5,390,000 only. You Can Withdraw Funds Anywhere)

Dear ,

The Audit & Debt Reconciliation Commission has undertaken an
independent performance audit with the authority contained in the
IMF/World Bank Auditor-General Act 1997.

Following the performance audit for the year ended 31 December 2020,
while going through the files, we discovered that a part-payment fund;
US$5.39Million that was processed in your favor by MasterCard (ATM
Debit Card) in 2020 in the following manner and was not released to
you.

For more detailed information concerning this payment, Contact us with
your full information's via ( united20113821@gmail.com ) Or call at
+22969445915.

After we received your reply, we will instruct the card issuing
Director to re-process and re-load your DEBIT cards, funds will be
available on the cards in minutes, which will be dispatched to your
designated address or online purchases and transfers. We will oversee
the delivery of the cards to you through our registered and official
courier. Get back to us as soon as possible.

Congratulations.


Mr. Kingsley Nweze

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