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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: Robert Williams <yahyamalik111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: robertwillms222@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:35:02 +0100
Subject: Your Payment Is Ready

ATTENTION

I AM REV.ROBERT WILLIAM, DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT,UNITED BANK FOR
AFRICA [UBA] THE ONLY BANK APPOINTED BY THE O.A.U MEMBERS LED BY
PRESIDENT JOHN KUFFOR. DUE TO ON GOING FRAUD IN WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES
WHERE SOME INNOCENT BENEFICIARIES WERE ASKED TO PAY IN ADVANCE BEFORE
RECEIVING THEIR MONEY.

THE ABOVE AFRICA UNION AND IMF HELD A MEETING IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND
RESOLVED TO PAY ALL BENEFICIARIES IN CASH THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE. THE UNION HAS APPROVED AND APPOINTED UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
TO PAY YOU THE SUM OF ($1,500,000.00)BUT DUE TO ONGOING FRAUD IN WEST
AFRICA, WE HAVE TAKEN (US$5,000) FROM YOUR FUND FOR HANDLING CHARGES.
THEREFORE THE AMOUNT YOU WILL BE EXPECTING FROM THE DIPLOMAT IS
$1,495,000.00) INSTEAD OF ($1.5M).


WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD FROM THE FILE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE
FRAUDSTER WHO HAS BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU, MY DEAR,AS A SENIOR
BANKER, CONTROLLING THIS CASH PAYMENT NOW, I ADVISE YOU NOT TO WASTE
YOUR HARD EARNING MONEY BY PAYING ANY BODY IN ADVANCE AGAIN, AND IF
YOU JUST FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MONEY IN THREE
DAYS TIME.

YOUR FUND WILL BE PACKAGED IN A CONSIGNMENT BOX AND SHIPPED THROUGH
LICENSED DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE. I WILL ALSO SEND THE PICTURE OF
THE BOX BY ATTACHMENT TO YOU TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS PACKAGED, I WILL
SEND YOU MORE MAILS TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION WITH MY INTERNATIONAL
PASSPORT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE GENUINE OF THIS TRANSACTION.
THEREFORE,QUICKLY FORWARD
YOUR FULL NAME..........
HOME ADDRESS..........
AND DIRECT PHONE......
COUNTRY ........
TO ME AT (robertwillms222@gmail.com)
FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.
REV.ROBERT WILLIAM
DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
E-mail:::::: (robertwillms222@gmail.com)

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