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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" <info@uba.com>
Reply-To: georgepaul@zing.vn
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:55:18 +0200
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam Are You Aware of This Claimant?

United Bank For Africa (UBA) Plc.
ATM Payment Centre
Email: atm.payment@ubagroup.at.pn

Dear Sir/Madam

How are you doing today? I pray this mail finds you in a perfect health condition. I wish to inform you that The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) has concluded the meeting in respect of Scam victims, Contract Payment and Past Lottery Winners compensation which was concluded last week.
Accredited ATM card (UBA/HS/02482/BG) awarded for payment of USD$4.550 Million USD with card number: 28782919903014 has been allocated in your favor, Your Personal Identification Number is 2482.

Meanwhile, a Woman "Mrs. Jane Lambert" sent a letter to our office few days ago, claiming to be your true representative. Please do confirm to this office if this woman is truly from you or not, so that, we will not be held responsible for paying your due payment to a wrong person. I will advice you confirm the below information immediately and make sure you fill in the information correctly and contact the UBA ATM PAYMENT CENTRE with the below information. You are requested to fill and send this information’s for verifications purpose.

*Did you instruct Mrs. Jane Lambert to collect your ATM CARD?:........(Yes/No)
*Your Full Names:..........
*Residential Address: ............
*City:.................
*State:...............
*Country:...............
*Zip Code:.............
*Direct Phone Number#:..........
*Office Number#:.................
*Age:.........
*Occupation:...............
*Next of Kin:...............
*Relationship with next of Kin:..........

I Mr/Mrs.______________________________ hereby declared that, all the above information produced by me is truth.

Note that the shipment of your ATM CARD to your shipping address will be taken care of by the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA so you will not have to pay for the shipment. You are only required to pay for the administrative, processing and handling charges fee before shipment. Upon your reply and confirmation of your details above you will be advice on further proceedings. As soon as the above information is received we shall proceed with the shipment of your ATM MASTER CARD to your shipping address.

We would also like to advise you in your own interest put a STOP in any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid complicating matters in receiving your payment. And because of scam impostors, we hereby issued you the code of code of ethics, which is (Atm-012482#) please; indicate this code when contacting this office as the beneficiary.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Dr. John Femi Babatunde
United Bank for Africa PLC.
ATM Payment Centre UBA
CC: International Remittance Department.
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