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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: "Rev. Godfrey Paul" <couriercompanups22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: godfroyabe@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 07:49:25 -0700
Subject: Attention

Good Day

My Name is Rev. Godfrey Paul from St. Joseph Catholic Church. I am
writing to you on behalf of my colleague Rev. Ziniare Kibare who
before his death contacted you about this fund.

I am doing the same thing again for the last time. There was a
transfer approved in your name by the United Nations  through the
office of the Ministry of Finance. After the investigation conducted
by the Government.They found out that the fund was not released to
you. After official investigation, the Authority discovered that your
fund was diverted.

The good news is that they were able to trace your fund  to an account
number belonging to the formal account officer of the Ministry of
Finance. The sum of USD$1.2M was recovered and handed over to UBA Bank
to transfer to you.

I was directed to contact you out of the trust and confidence he
bestowed on me. Every arrangement has been concluded on how to release
the fund to you without any further delay again. You are advice to
contact the  UBA Bank enable them transfer your fund  of USD$1.2M  to
your account, you are advice to contact them with your bank account
details.


BANK CONTACT:

Email; uba.b@consultant.com
Direct Line;+22968043749
Bank Director, Mr.David Mark

You are therefore advice to contact the UBA Bank to enable them
transfer your total fund to your bank account without any further
delay because all the arrangements  on how to speedily transfer the
fund to your bank account have been made  with them like the bank
transfer fee and all the needed fees have been paid, but the only fee
you are going to pay to them is only sum of 58 dollars to renew your
file with their bank before your total fund will be transferable into
your bank account according to the bank, this fee of 58 dollars to
renew your file with the bank is the only fee you will
pay to them because all the rest of the fees have been paid.


Rev .Godfrey  Paul.

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