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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: "United Bank For Africa (UBA)" <pd341341@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <wuzk412@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 03:54:45 -0700
Subject: Contact her for your ATM package

This is to notify you again We the United Bank For Africa have alread issued and equally mailed you a Automated Teller Machine ATM MasterCard because we did not receive a confirmation of your mailing address before the dispatch took place, it was mailed to a counterpart in the States who voluntarily agreed to receive your own ATM together with her own just to make sure your ATM leaves Africa to avoid canceling the ATM due to your delays.

Note: That your ATM package is already in the United States, you have to contact her and let her have your current mailing/delivery address where she shall mail the ATM Card back to you okay. And you have to refund her the expenses before she send the card to you as we agreed.

Contact her via this email: wuzk412@gmail.com Her name is Katherine Wuzhang. You have to thank her because she saved you from losing an outstanding funds sum of $2.7Million which was almost canceled as a result of your delaying attitude.

Let her tell you the means she wishes to get a refund of $100 and make sure you send it to her immediately in order to enable her to mail it to you at once.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Cletus Agogo
Operation Manager UBA

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