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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. Ban Ki Moon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ban.moon.8181@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:39:24 -0700
Subject: GOOD DAY

SCAMMED VICTIM/ US$2,850,000.00 BENEFICIARY REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654
Dr. Patrick Uba of Oceanic Bank Nigeria PLC COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION Send a copy
Of your response to official
Attention: Beneficiary,
You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months, which ended two days ago with the then secretary to the United Nations.
This meeting is for all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the United Nations have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$2,850,000.00 (Two
Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) this includes every foreign contractor that may have not received their contract sum, Inheritance sum,
Lottery Award Winning and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. Your name and email was in
the list submitted by our Monitoring Team of Economic and Financial
Crime Commission observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
You are advised to contact Dr. Patrick Uba of Oceanic Bank Nigeria PLC, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your ATM CARD of USD$2,850,000.00
(Two Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars)
This funds are in ATM CARD for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the ATM CARD to you.
Person to Contact Dr. Patrick Uba
Email: uba70@hotmail.com
Telephone:+234-704-091-7032
Good luck and kind regards,
Mr. Ban Ki Moon
 

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