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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: "Dr, Kennedy Uzoka" <kenben9@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Dr, Kennedy Uzoka" <ubabankaffrica@mail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 13:00:18 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention; Dear Friend




Attention; Dear Friend

The Remittance of Your Fund $10. 5Million,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 UBA BANK Republic of Benin, I am writing you this mail with urgent concern to officially inform you that our UBA BANK Network Server System (GPS NSS) recently detected an unknown Fund Transfer Payment File system.

(FTP File) valued at,$10.5Million,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 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 UBA BANK 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 below,REQUESTED INFORMATION FOR NEW ACCOUNT (Non residential account)

Your Full Name:
Your Full Address:
Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:
Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:
Any Valid Form of Your Identification/Driver's License:
Bank Name:
Bank Address:
Account Name:
Account Number:
Swift Code:
Routing Number:

Finally, do bear in mind that once we confirm the requested information above from you we shall effect your Fund Transfer within 24/48hrs immediately. If you have any question or inquiry please feel free to call our Customer Fulfillment Center On +2299 61288822, Thank you for your understanding as we hope to hear from you soon.

Reply ASAP!
Sincerely
Dr, Kennedy Uzoka
Bank manager,
E-mail: (ubabankaffrica@mail.com)

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