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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: FRANK WILSON SR <hhkk67@gmail.com>
Reply-To: FRANK WILSON SR <atmvisacardep02@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 16:13:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: UBABANK/UNITED NATIONS 2014 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.


 UBABANK/UNITED NATIONS 2014 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
 
DIRECTOR
 
ATTN: Sir/Madam,
 
SCAMMED VICTIM/$5.700,000 BENEFICIARIES.

REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $5.700,000 USD.
 
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations To United Bank For Africa to pay 150  scam victims $5.700,000 USD (Five Million,Seven Hundred Thounsand Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $5.700,000 USD compensations funds.
 
On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Cotonou, Benin Republic, it was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various individuals to the scams artists operating insyndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body is now paying 150 victims of this operators $5.700,000 USD each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
 
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Benin Republic, the payments are to be paid by United Bank For Africa Benin as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by The Rabo Bank, London for funds remittance.Benefactor will be cleared and recommended for payment by United Bank For Africa (UBA).According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of $2.700,000 USD each.
 
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended.  Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.You can receive your compensations payments via ATM VISA CARD,
 
Atm Visa Card claiming Department
United Bank for Africa :( UBA)
Director: Mr.Chris White
Visa Card claiming Department
Email :(atmvisacardep02@yahoo.fr)
Telephone: +229-98 25 22 41
 
Contact him immediately and request for the card copy and get back to us, below is eeded for the Card processing and production.
 
Your Full Name::::::::
Country::::::::
City::::::::
Home address::::::::
Telephone::::::::
Fax::::::::
Code::::::::
Your copy of your id::::::::
 
Note that because of impostors, The Bank also issued you their code of conduct, which is (ATM-0421) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the ATM card center by using it as your subject.
 
We are waiting for your urgent responsed.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Frank Wilson Sr
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $5.700,000 USD

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