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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: UNION BANK PLC <obieo700@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unionbankplc304@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 02:25:31 -0800
Subject: Good day Dear Friend

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Good day Dear Friend, You are welcome to Union Bank plc and we want to
inform you about your Compensation Fund here in our bank which we need to
transfer to you here not ATM Card but online bank transfer only because we
Don't want any delivery delay so we decide to credit this fund to account
and the Total Fund is Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars only so
you have to reconfirm us this Following Information here

1. Your Account Full Name
2. Date Of Birth
3. Phone Number
4. City
5. Country

These are the Important information we need to enable this transfer Done
today ok

Best Regard
Mr Godwin Mike
Union Bank Compensation Control
Call +2348081204921

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