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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ubaafriicaa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: UBA Group <info@ubang.com>
Reply-To: <ubaafriica@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:49:19 -0800
Subject: SCAM VICTIM'S COMPENSATION FROM THE IMF
Attention: Email ID Owner
SCAM VICTIM'S COMPENSATION FROM THE IMF.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is compensating all the scam victims and
your email address was found in the scam victim's list. This United bank for
Africa UBA has been fully mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to
you via ATM card or Bank to Bank transfer anyone you like.
However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through ATM card or Bank
to Bank transfer your total is $4.500.000 Million. We won't be able to send
the ATM card or Bank to Bank transfer with your email address alone, thereby we
need your information as to where we will be sending the funds, such as; Your
Full Name:................... Address:......................
Country:..................& Phone number:...................
Reply back on (ubaafriicaa@gmail.com) with your full information.
Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we
did not hear from you, this was the instruction given to us by the IMF. We will
start the transfer as soon as we received your information.
Yours faithfully in service,
Mr. Kennedy Uzoka
Executive Director General United Bank for Africa -(UBA)
International Remittance Department.
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE
This email is intended for the owner of this Email ID only and contains
privileged and confidential information. If you received this email by error,
please delete it from your mail box and notify us immediately for correction.
The disclosure of this email to a third party is highly prohibited.
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