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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 Plc (UBA)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cwb.aus001@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2018 13:04:46 +0100
Subject: New development

 
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA
57 Marina, Lagos Island,
Lagos, Nigeria
 
 
Attn: Beneficiary
 
 
This is to inform you that your funds valued two Million  five hundred united states Dollars Only (US$ 2,500,000.00 ) has been approved for immediate release to you. It came to our notice that your payment file has being kept pending by the Board Management because a counterclaim made by one Barrister Edward C. Lawrence, who claim that you are sick and bed ridden and that you gave him a power of attorney to lay claims on your approved fund on your behalf.  We later found out that the claim was falsified as he was unable to give us an accurate details of the transaction.
 
As a result  that, an instruction has been given to this office (international Remittance Department) by the Apex Bank in accordance with the financial policy of the country that your outstanding Overdue Inheritance fund payment should be release to you through our foreign correspondence bank in United States. For the purpose of reconfirmation of your Payment File, you are advised to fill the under listed information’s below and send it to the foreign correspondence bank on this information given as follows.
 
Bank Name: Habib American Bank
Contact Person: Mr. A.G Abbasi (Executive Chairman)
Contact Phone: +1 315 908 1213
Contact Email: hab_usa@hotmail.com
www.habibamericanbank.com
 
Full Name: ........
Tel/Fax: ............
Physical Address with Zip Code:
Your Occupation:
Sex/Age:
Private Email:
Home Equity (Yes/No):
 
Note that upon your response to this notification, your payment will be imitated via Bank To Bank online Transfer . The Habib American Bank will enlighten more on this. You are advice to inform this bank of all progress as regards this transaction for our update and advice when possible.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Daniel M. Okeke
Director,
Foreign Remittance Department
United Bank for Africa
Direct Telephone: +234 902 311 3073 (CALLS,TEXTS,WHATSAPP) 24/7
 
 
 

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