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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: "UBA PAYMENT DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ubapaymentcenter001@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:39:34 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: (SHOULD WE TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO MRS. LINDA ROSSELLA).

ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER
DIRECTORS FOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS.
CC: SENATE PRESIDENT.
CC: ALL FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICES.
(GHANA/NIGERIA).

Our ref: ATM/SWIFT CARD CODE/1980/IDR
Your ref: ......................


Attention: SIR/MADAM

ATTENTION: (SHOULD WE TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO MRS. LINDA ROSSELLA).

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be:

1). Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria
2). Mr. Patrick Aziza
3). Mr Frank Nweke
4). Dr. Philip Mogan, none officials of Oceanic Bank & Zenith Bank.
5). Barr. Derrick Smith.
6). kelvin Young of HSBC.
7). Ben & Edward of FedEx.
8). Ibrahim Sule & Larry Christopher.
9). Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen (Minister of Finance)
10). Dr. Philip Mogan & Paul Adim.
11). Dr.Robert Clarks.
12). Dr. Norman Fashek
13). Dr. Robert S. Mueller, III (Unknown FBI Director)
14). Rev. Steven Jones (Unknown Reverend impersonator\'s) and many more.......

Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the banks as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

However, we want to inform you that your fund have been mandated in ATM CARD (ATM Card Number: 5438400123456789) has been accredited in your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is (1980). After the Board of directors meeting held in Abuja,we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem. We have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe,America,Africa and Asia Pacific, This is part of an instruction/mandate passed by the Senate in respect to overseas contract payment and debt re-scheduling.

The reason why we conducted this meeting was because a lady by name Mrs. Linda Rosella came to our office today with a written letter that we should approve the funds on your behalf to her as your representative, so please check and know if you send any body by that name to claim this funds on your behalf as we will facilitate the transfer of the funds to her within 5 days from now as we will believe that she was truly sent by you as the original beneficiary of this funds which is valued the sum of $11million USD. The ATM CARD Value is 11MILLION USD. You are advice to contact our Remittance Department Center affiliate courier company with the information below.

We will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ANY visa or master card ATM MACHINE in any part of the world. The foreign payment officer of the UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA/Nigeria has been mandated to issue out USD11MILLION as part payment for this fiscal year.

In View of this, you are advised to contact the Director (UBA, IRD and ATM CARD) Dr. SETH TERPKER (Minister Of Finance for further information with the following contact details;

Contact Details: DR. SETH TERPKER
UBA BANK PLC (Ghana) (Director of ATM CARD Remittance Department).
Official Address: ubapaymentcenter001@gmail.com

You are required to provide the following information:
1. Your full name.
2. Phone and fax number.
3. Address were you want the ATM Card to be sent
acceptable):
4. Your age and current occupation
5.. Attach copy of your identification.

He will send you your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world,and the maximum daily limit is Fifteen Thousand United States dollars($15,000.00). And also the Government/Presidency has ordered the ATM CARD to be dispatch to you provided address after proper verifications, immediate delivery will proceed via our appointed COURIER DELIVERY SHIPPING COMPANY from the Presidency Office to your door step in your Country, Mr Richard Collins the FedEx Shipment Company representative is person in charge of delivery, you will have to send the COURIER DELIVERY SHIPPING COMPANY only the sum charged for the delivery of your Package for immediate delivery of your ATM CARD to you and if any other fee is demanded by Mr Richard Collins, you will have to report him. When you receive your ATM card, urgent alert of notification that your ATM CARD have been delivery to you,so that we can give you process of how to activate and make use of your!
ATM CARD. If you like to receive

So your files would be updated the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. We order you get back to this office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you. We shall be expecting to receive your information and you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office(s).. Thanks for your co-operation.

NB: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS ATM CARD CODE (1980) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN EVER YOU ARE CONTACTING US.

Note: Do dis-regard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Director Seth Terpker of the (ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER) who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.

BEST REGARDS,
DIRECTOR SETH TERPKER.
DIRECTORS FOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS.
CC: SENATE PRESIDENT.
CC: ALL FOREIGN PAYMENT OFFICES.
(GHANA/NIGERIA).

This message is supported by the Federal Government, After you might have started making use of your ATM card, you can reward my firm one way or the other you knows best.

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