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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: "Mr.solomon eze" <solomon.eze51@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: "Mr.solomon eze" <info_uba@mail.bg>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 17:29:19 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: ATTN;A T M CARD BENEFICIARY.


ATTN;A T M CARD BENEFICIARY.

We were authorized by the President, Federal Republic of Benin Republic and the Governing Board of Central Bank to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment,to also recommend and approve your claims for payment if the report of  the unclaimed contract/inheritance funds is genuine. However, we discovered that your funds has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of some banks.

We have agreed with the authority that we will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by those officials. Currently your Inheritance/Contract fund of $3.5M has been credited in  ATM card.Contact Mr.Dan ike(United Bank for Africa  ATM director)with your details such as.

Full names: __________________________
Delivery Address:_____________________________________
Country:______________________________________
Zip Code:___________________________
Sex: ________________________________________
Age: ________________________________________
Marital status: _____________________________
Occupation/Position: _________________________________
Scan copy of any of your identification:_____________________________
Tel/House /private: ___________________________

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Contact Person,Mr.Dan ike
ATM Processing & Claim Department MANAGER.
TEL PHONE +229 98492837
Email: (info_uba@mail.bg)
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Best Regards,
Mr.solomon eze
Signed,
management of UBA Plc

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