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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: "Union Bank UK Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <DAWEST@skymail.mn>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:28:15 +0100
Subject: Re: UBNL INTEREST PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

UBNL: Interest Payment Notification
From: Head of Audit Department.
REF/BN/DFR/2011/06785
RE:
UBNL INTEREST PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
Tel:  +2348020738644
 
Attention:
 
Sometime ago United Nation Fund Office (UN)
brought your contract/inheritance funds to our bank, After an extensive close door meeting between the Board of
Directors of the UNITED NATIONS, THE WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND), it was resolved and agreed upon that
this body "world international debt reconciliation committee" will work extensively to ensure that your Contract
Payment, Your Inheritance and Lottery Winning prizes will be paid without hitches and delay through the World Bank and
IMF Insurance body. After a period time, the funds were withdrawn back to the United Nation’s Treasury. During the
period of time the funds was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$7.250Million, which we are about to be pay to
you via an ATM Debit Card.
 
For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this Funds because from time
to time the bank of England auditors do come to our bank to cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier
you comply with claiming of the funds, the faster the action, because the United Nation, officials wants the accrued
interest to be paid to them but we refused, if they find out that this interest fund is still in our bank they will
want to call back the money to the United Nation Treasury.
What we need from you now is any of your identification for
example; your international passport or your driver’s license copy, then your telephone and fax number for  easy
communication.
 
As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our
respective customers, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance.
 
Expecting your
immediately response.
Yours Sincerely,
For: the management
D.A. WEST
Head Of Operation Foreign
Remittance Department
Union Bank
+2348020738644

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