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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:

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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Universal Bank of England <nicole@lambers.tweak.nl>
Reply-To: filemanngerservicxe@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 08:24:35 +0100
Subject: Welcome to Universal Bank of England

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Attention Dear legal Beneficiary

The reconciliation & settlement of all scam victims Inheritance Fund
from Body of the United Nations U-N/ International Monetary Fund
(I.M.F) in conjunction with the Management of Universal Investment
Bank of England, we have been instructed to pay your Inheritance Fund
worth sum of Fifteen Billion United State Dollars, this Fund was
supposed to be paid to you years back but due to some bad And corrupt
Board of Directors who vow that they will frustrate you so that you
can give up over your Inheritance Funds, but today on behalf of the
entire staff of Universal Investment Bank, the management of Universal
Investment Bank Corporate Office Headquarters here in UK, we wish to
inform you that after a brief meeting held by the Co-Chief Operating
Officer Of IMF on the 18th of October 2023 regardless to the unpaid
Transaction that owns to various individuals and Law abiding Citizens,
we deem it appropriate to intimate you that your Total
$15,000.000.000.00 United State Dollars is now available to payout,
kindly respond if you're still interested in receiving your unpaid
Inheritance Payment,

we anticipate your earliest response.

Kinds Regards
Mr. Gregg Watson,
Chief Operating Officer
Universal Investment Bank of England (UIB)

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