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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: "Cecil Abraham & Associates Head office" <info.cecilabram@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:42:20 -0700
Subject: Cecil Abraham & Associates

Cecil Abraham & Associates
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Banking, Commercial, Corporate,
Litigation & Tax Law Firm in Malaysia


Attention: Michael R. Emrich.

Sir,

Cecil Abraham & Associates & Co stands at a moment of exceptional
possibility. A moment when global poverty and development goals that long
seemed unattainable have moved within our reach. A moment, also, when
dangers of unprecedented magnitude threaten the future of humankind.

Cecil Abraham & Associates & Co with great repute, we are reliable and
customer friendly.

*Congratulations.*

A Cecil Abraham & Associates special team of financial experts and
investigators has discovered a strangely confiscated and blacklisted
payment file while looking through another beneficiary's payment file.

But strangely, our team of auditors discovered a huge sum of money
$10.9MUSD in your name, reference file number: *FGN/FMF/CBN/YTRC/
0987/2022* and not yet claimed, and it was observed the said fund has been
abandoned for many years.

*Congratulations.*

The discovered reference file number: FGN/FMF/CBN/PT/0987/20/21 sum of
money $10.9MUSD and not yet claimed but with a countered claim by someone,
who claims he is your associate, your file was breached with complicated
documents, so there is an urgent need you revalidate your payment file.

All such files have been moved out of CBN and submitted to the newly
appointed paying Bank, UBA Group, for details contact UN on the below given
info.

*We are not too sure that's your real name, but we traced you through the
email found in the said file, complications in your file.*

Please, the name written is not your name, urgently contact UBA Group by
quoting the reference file number: FGN/FMF/CBN/PT/0987/20/21.

The UBA Group.
United Bank For Africa Plc. (UBA)
Group Headquarters -
U. B. A. House, 57, Marina,
P. O. Box 2406, Lagos, Nigeria.
Attn: Mr. Confidence O. Agwu
Head of International Desk, UBA.
Email: ubagroup.headquarters@outlook.com

The Public Islamic Bank Berhad is carefully monitoring the process.

Take this notice seriously, and it is highly confidential.

Take this notice seriously.

Wishing you the best of luck,

Cecil Abraham.
CEO, Cecil Abraham & Associates
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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