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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: john francis <francisj102015@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:39:26 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,

My names is John Francis I am the Director General credit Control
Department of the UNITED BANK OF AFRICA working in alliance
with the World Bank and the international monetary fund(IMF).

I am contacting you based on my discovery in the office of the foreign
payment assessment unit of the UNITED BANK OF AFRICA as the newly
appointed West African foreign contract/Inheritance fund payment
authorization officer of the World Bank African Desk.

I came across a foreign payment file No: BR/102/0005B/09 XXX846FCP/10
marked in RED. This file contained your payment information indicating
that your principal inheritance amount of US$10.5M has not been paid
to you due to some irregularities intentionally caused by some people
of selfish interest and unauthorized persons regarded as miscreants that
has handles your payment release in the past claiming to be working for
you.
It will be wickedness of me if I allow you suffer more knowing very
well that you will never receive any cent from these people if this
problem is not corrected urgently.

From my observation, you have communicated with so many people from
different parts of Africa regarding this fund and may have paid
illegal fees to them without success due to these irregularities. I
have reported this to the World Bank President, the Nigerian
Presidency, National Assembly, Accountant General of the Federation
and the Chief Justice of the federal high court, and they all gave me
the mandate to resolve this issue with you and ensure that your fund
is released to you without any prejudice.

Please, there are some cabals that are against you and the receipt of
this fund and they are the ones responsible for these irregularities
so that they can use your fund to enrich themselves after
frustrating and making you to loose much funds. "I THEREFORE STRICTLY
ADVISE THAT YOU KEEP EVERY OF MY INFORMATION(S) TO YOU VERY CONFIDENTIAL
TILL YOU CONFIRM YOUR FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

I want you to respond urgently to this message and confirm your
readiness to receive your fund through my bank for more directives.
Meanwhile your fund secret code is (17XRZX206) in case of any of the
impersonators call you or send email to you just ask him to mention
your secret code. This is to safeguard your payment from further
embarrassment by the impersonators.

As soon as I hear from you positively, I shall give you the
comprehensive details of your problem and immediate solution to it so
that you will receive your fund within five banking days only.

Please forward your private telephone number and your bank account
information’s as you respond to
this mail.

Respectfully,
Mr John Francis
united bank of Africa

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