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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: "scott" <scott@montgomeryprint.com>
Reply-To: uba.customerscare1970@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:12:32 -0400
Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOUR URGENT ATTENTION)

GOOD NEWS TO YOUR URGENT ATTENTION)

We the Federal Ministry of Finance West African have managed to secure a
facilitated channel for you to receive your total fund to avoid you paying
fees for Tax or to any Government Authority being the nature of the
transaction, please contact immediately United Bank for Africa Benin and
provide them with your details so that they will have your total fund
transferred to you via ATM VISA CARD secured transfer to be post to your
address via DHL without any delay or hitch, to enable you visit any ATM
VISA Machine in your country and start withdrawing your funds.

This is the new development based on the meetings heeled today, to protect
beneficiary from scampers or paying fees to the fraud star Bankers and
Western-Unions that is going on through the global networks.

Contacts are as followed below?
MR. Williams Benz.
PHONE: +229 686 529 46.
Email: uba.customerscare1970@ymail.com


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