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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. Robin Turana" <henning.siedentop@t-online.de>
Reply-To: INFOUBACII@africamail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 23:00:47 +0200
Subject: Legal Notice


>From The Office Of united Bank For Africa

Telegram: UBA Bank Plc

Abidjan Ivory Coast



RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR BENEFICIARY FILE.



I hereby send to you the information submitted by Mrs. Diane Thill From

Philadelphia , with an application to receive the payment of $19.5million

United States Dollars on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you

are required to verify the following information and inform us if you are

aware or know anything about this.



1. Did you instruct one Mrs. Diane Thill From Philadelphia, whose

information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?



2. Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in her favor thereby making her

the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name:

Diane Thill, A/C #USD114-1025567-8, Bank Name:The Sovereign Bank,

Philadelphia, Swift Code: SCBL 11K111.Finally, you are hereby advised to

indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the

person that instructed Mrs. Diane Thill to come forward for the claim of

these funds You are hereby to send to this office your full information so

that we the entire members of this bank will verify and to check Mrs. Diane

Thill own file which she sent to us,so that we can know the real owner of

this said amount.



1. Your Full Name………………………………….

2. Your Contact Address…………………………………….

3. Your Telephone/Fax Number……………………………

4. Your Professional/Religion…………………………….

5. Your Age And Current Occupation………………….

6. Attach Copy of Your Identification…………………



We are very much aware that you are still in contact with some other

office(s) and we hope you are fully ready to stop every communication with

any other office(s) in order to enable us help you receive this fund.We

wait to hear from you as soon as possible.If you know you are ready to

comply fully with every directives of the bank in order to complete

this,then you are kindly advised not to respond as this not a joke.



Mr. Robin Turana

Director of Foreign Operations

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA UBA@

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