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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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Fraud email example:

From: "United Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <GomaaElwanytheubeg@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 15:58:04 -0800
Subject: Treat with dispatch

UNTIED BANK® Your Own Bank
UNTIED BANK Group Office
Head of Central Operations
Mr.Gomaa Elwany
Email: GomaaElwanytheubeg@qq.com

Dear Friend,

You are welcome to the foreign remittance / online department of UNITED BANK.

UNITED BANK is the flagship subsidiary of financial services. The bank is primarily active all over the world where it serves millions of consumers and nearly 300,000 small businesses, it also has significant operations in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and several African nations, as well as the Middle East, U.S.A and Asia. It offers standard retail services such as current accounts, savings and investments, insurance, credit cards, and online banking etc. United Bank Group is one of the most dynamic and active financial organizations in the World today. Founded in 1916, United Bank went through a period of state-ownership and management (1975-1991) before it was privatized in December 1991. Since then, it has continuously grown in size and activities.

My name is Gomaa Elwany (Mr.); I work with UNITED BANK as the Auditor supervising Frederick M Wong Foundation, On May 19th, 1997, Frederick M Wong announced his plans to give $24million USD (Twenty four Million United States Dollars) to set up the Frederick M Wong Foundation, an educational foundation in the Middle East, one of the largest charitable donations in history. Frederick Wong stated the money is meant to bridge the knowledge gap between the Arab region and the developed world, improving the standard of education and research in the region, developing leadership programs for youth, and stimulating job creation. The announcement was made at the 1997 World Economic Forum in Jordan. The foundation funds in three areas: Culture, Entrepreneurship and Employment, and Knowledge and Education but he passed away and could not accomplish his project. Until this very moment the money has been deposited with my bank United Bank and no one has ever come up to claim this fund and you can confirm the genuineness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

For years it has been watched and no one has come to claim it; I do not know if this transaction suits your personal or business ethics but I do want you to understand that this transaction is free from any irregularities. Why I am doing this i don’t want the Egyptian government to take over the fund due to the economic problem going on in Egypt. I will be obtaining all relevant documents from the remittance department and have it changed to your name before presenting you as the next of Kin automatically if you wish to receive this fund. As soon as the fund is transferred to your account, I will put away all documents to cover any trace of the fund. As a banker, I wish to keep you informed you will set up an account in your name with my bank and I will deposited fund into your account to enable you to complete the transfer online to your country; online is the safest way doing business of such value no matter where you are located and have the money deposited into this account after legally becoming next of
Kindly provide me with the details below;

First Name.............
Middle Name.........
Surname................
Address1...............
City........................
State/Province.......
Post/Zip..................
Country..................
Telephone No........
Fax No. .................
E-mail Address......
Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)
Copy of International Passport Or Id

I hope to hear from you soon as you will never regret working with me.

Thank you

Mr. Gomaa Elwany
Head of Central Operations
UNITED BANK ®
Email: GomaaElwanytheubeg@qq.com

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