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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: Bank of America <barclaysblnd@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubacustomerscare5@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:10:48 +0100
Subject: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

Attention,

I am writing to inform you that I have manage to secure a facilitated
channel for you to receive your total fund via ATM VISA CARD which you
will be using to cash your money from ATM VISA cash machine in your
country, to avoid you paying transfer charges Taxes etc being the
nature of the transaction, as already arranged the ATM VISA CARD will
be sent to your address via DHL by the Crediting Bank by name UNITED
BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA) Benin Republic.
For further details you are advised to contact the Bank with the below
contacts for urgent attention.
Contact person ( MR. YUSUF YAYA KONE )
Contact phone ( +229-9965-3989 )
Contact email ( ubacustomerscare5@gmail.com )
Please remember to contact the Bank with your details such as scan
copy of your international passport or driver's license and telephone
numbers for urgent attention.

Regards


UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

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