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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <roymartin194@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 05:17:30 +0300
Subject: Your $25.5 Million US Dollars

United Bank for Africa (UBA)
Plot 487, Abogo Largema Street,
Off Constitution Avenue,
Central Business District,
West Africa  Abuja Nigeria
 
ONLINE BANK WIRE TRANSFER
 
The Remittance of Your  Outstanding Fund $25.5 Million US Dollars  To Your Personal Bank Account: I believe you are alive and doing well  to be reading this important and urgent E-mail from the sub-regional office of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) , I am writing you this mail with urgent concern to officially inform you that our GPS Network Server System (GPS NSS) recently detected an  unknown Fund Transfer Payment File system
 
(FTP File) valued at $25.5 Million US Dollars, after our investigation on the FTP file we discovered your name and data  information on the file confirming you as the Payment Receiver so we presented the FTP file to the World Bank and  Department of Europe sub-region, so therefore we have now been authorized to wire this fund directly to your Personal Bank Account because  your Fund Transfer Payment file was officially
 
cleared with a Bill of Clean Sheet as your name and data information was clearly verified on the FTP file that was detected by our GPS NSS.We also wish to inform you that a Domiciliary Account must be opened for you here in this our bank where your fund must be lodged in before it is properly processed for our Online Bank Transfer, so you are also requested to fill out  the Account Opening Form as requested bellow, REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR NEW ACCOUNT (Non residential account)
 
Your First Name:
Your Middle Name:
Your Last Name:
Your Address:
City:
Country:
Your Occupation:
Marital Status:
Date of Birth:
Next of Kin:
Tel Number:
Mobile Number:
Private E-mail:
 
Finally, do bear in mind that once we confirm the requested information above from you we shall effect your Fund Transfer  within 24hrs immediately. Thank you for your understanding as we hope to hear from you soon.
 
Regards,
MR. ROY Martin
New Executive Manager Director
Fund Transfer Department
United Bank For Africa (UBA).

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