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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: Mrs Boni <aldo.buongiorno@tin.it>
Reply-To: uba.benin@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:23:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact UBA BANK for your US$3.5M

We sent you email 5 days ago after the release of your approval sum of
3.5M USD by (Ecowas) as instructed by World Affairs Council. We are
written to know if you receive the email because your fund was
deposited to UBA for immediate transfer through their Secure online
bank service, therefore Kindly contact UBA BANK on the below
information for more details:

Bank Name: United Bank For Africa (UBA)
Uba Bank 95-97 Mission Road Parakou Benin
E-Mail: uba.benin@yahoo.fr
Phone: 00229 66404521
Local: 00229 9847102

Sincerely
Mrs Kristyn Boni
REP

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