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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: "DMO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@unitytrustbankng.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:58:18 -0700
Subject: Re: VERY URGENT AND SENSITIVE MATTER.

Mr. FALALU BELLO, OFR, FCIB,
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, UNITY BANK PLC
Direct phone line: 234 706 287 2271   
Email: falalubello@unitytrustbankng.com
info@unitytrustbankng.com
 
 
 
 
 
Re: VERY URGENT AND SENSITIVE MATTER.
 
 
 
Going by the recent directive by the New President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, to use our bank (Unity Bank Plc)  to defray all Inheritance/Contract debts owed to foreign beneficiary's, we deem it necessary to inform you that we have just received an email this morning from one CHERYL HUNTER claiming to be your partner and manager in UAE.  Mrs Hunter instructed us of your sudden desire in re-routing your unpaid Inheritance fund  valued at USD18.5 Mil with Government of Nigeria to the below  bank account in UAE.
 
 
Commercial Bank of Dubai Ltd.
Port Saeed, Dubai UAE.
Account Name: CHERYL HUNTER
Routing # 320910325
Account # 1255010416
 
 
According to Mrs Hunter, your company is presently handling a project in UAE and lacks adequate funds to accomplish this project. You then instructed him  this morning to ask us to re-route the SWIFT TRANSFER   to this new account in UAE to enable you have adequate funds to complete the said project as you are already on your way to UAE.
 
 
She also said that she will be sending money to take care of any cost associated with such sudden change as funds have been set aside to take care of any expenditure that might arise while re-routing the SWIFT TRANSFER  to this new account in UAE.
 
 
Your behavior and that of your Manager Mrs Hunter are against the ethics of our procedure. You do not have any right to give us such sudden change / instruction especially when this kind of transaction is taking place where large sums of US dollars are involved.
 
 
You should have contacted the Finance Ministry  for such a change in Address. The  Finance Ministry , being the ordering customers in this case, then have the duty of contacting us with instructions to execute the changes based on your demands. Your attitude was quite
unprofessional.
 
 
Upon receipt of your confirmation to this request, we will send to you a copy of the wire transfer slip sent to the new requested account in UAE for your records so that you can await the arrival of the fund and confirm that it has been wired as instructed by your
representative Mrs Hunter.
 
 
We will equally   sent a copy of the wire slip to your manager  Mrs Hunter so that your Manager can now pick up the funds in UAE as requested.
 
 
RESPOND AND CONFIRM ASAP
 
 
 
Yours Faithfully,
 
 
 
DR. FALALU BELLO.  OFR, FCIB
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
UNITY BANK PLC
 


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