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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: "Professor: Musa Gella Yakubu, " <unionbankoffice4@gala.net>
Reply-To: ascc2unionbank@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:10:41 +0100
Subject: RE: PAYMENT ON PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$10.5M


36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS,
NIGERIA TELEGRAM: UNION BROAD BRANCH
BIG, STRONG, RELIABLE
E-mail: *ascc2unionbank@yahoo.com*

OUR REF: UBN/435/xo/026
Date 9/07/ 2008.

ATTN: Sir/Madam

RE: PAYMENT ON PRINCIPAL AND ACCRUED INTEREST OF US$10.5M

I am the EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and Head of Swift Transfer Unit of Union Bank of
Nigeria Plc., Lagos-Nigeria

Sometime ago, in our bank your contract money was brought to our bank from
Nigerian Apex Bank, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N) For the period of time
this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$ 10.5 Million,
which we are about to pay to you via Special Bank Instrument directly to
your account on the instruction from the presidency. As the Apex Bank is
longer in charge of your payment this is due to numerous petitions against
the officials of Central Bank of Nigeria.

For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this Fund
because from time to time the C.B.N auditors do come to our bank to
cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with
the demands of the delivery of the fund, the faster the action, because the
CBN officials wants the accrued interest to be paid to them but we refused,
so when they find out that this interest fund is still in our bank they will
want to call back the money to the Federal Government treasury.

What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example;
your international passport or you're drivers license, then your telephone
and fax number for easy communication with your mailing address.

As a matter of fact we don't have enough time to waste since we have wasted
time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with the
entire necessary requirement for remittance.

Contact him on Email: *ascc2unionbank@yahoo.com* , expecting your
immediately response.
**
*Yours Sincerely,*

**
*Professor: Musa Gella Yakubu*,* *
*EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and Head of*
* Swift Transfer Unit of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.*

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