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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. White Andrew" <westyrm@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: andrewwhitev_white_andrew@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:18:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Never Pay Again




FROM THE DESK OF: MR. WHITE ANDREW.

DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE

FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA,PLC

LAGOS-NIGERIA.



ATTN: BENEFICIARY,



THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS BANK JUST CONCLUDED AN EMERGENCY MEETING THIS MORNING AS REGARDS YOUR $15.5 MILLION US DOLLARS WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO HIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT BEFORE 4PM YOUR LOCAL TIME TODAY.



BUT IN THE PROCESS TO HAVE YOUR FUND RELEASED NOW IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE BANK THAT YOUR TRANSFER LACK THE CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE (COB) ,THE BANK TRANSFER APPROVAL (BTA) AND INHERITANCE PAYMENT ORDER (IPO) WHICH HAS WARRANTED PROMPTED US TO CONTACT YOU BY INFORMING YOU OF THE CAUSE OF YOUR TRANSFER DELAY.



WE DO NOT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ANY DIRTY DEALINGS OF TRYING TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND WITHOUT SECURING THIS THREE VITAL DOCUMENTS BECAUSE IF IT IS FOUND OUT THAT YOU DID NOT SECURE THIS THREE VITAL DOCUMENTS YOUR TRANSFER WILL BE STOPPED AND THIS NOBLE BANK’S NAME WILL BE BROUGHT INTO THE MUD WHICH WE DO

NOT WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH.



THEREFORE, TO SECURE THESE THREE DOCUMENTS YOU MUST AS A MATTER OF URGENCY PAY THE SUM OF $90 VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM TO THE INFORMATION BELOW.



RECEIVERS NAME: PHILLIPS GOODLUCK

RECEIVERS ADDRESS: LAGOS/NIGERIA

AMOUNT: $90 ONLY

TEXT QUESTION: NEVER

TEXT ANSWER: AGAIN

REFERENCE NUMBER:



NOTE FINALLY THAT YOU WILL NEVER HAVE ANY REASON TO PAY ANY OTHER FEE OR BILL EVER AGAIN IN OTHER TO HAVE YOUR ACCOUNT CREDITED ONCE YOU PAY THE ONLY ABOVE REQUESTED FEE/BILL.



PLEASE DO THIS NOW AND CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.



I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.



CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.



WE CARE,



BEST REGARDS,



MR. WHITE ANDREW.

DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE

FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,

LAGOS-NIGERIA.

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