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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: Union Trust Bank <utbincorp@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 10:58:41 +0000
Subject: Payment notification

Foreign Debts' Commission (FDC)
c/o Union Trust Bank
P.M.B 141, Accra.

Our Ref: FDC/WB/PC/UNO=101X48/2014


Sir,

Re-Payment Notification



Following incessant complaints by foreign contractors on the delays of their payments by some African Governments after years of successful execution/completion of

their contracts and inheritance clearances, it was resolved between the African Union and International bodies (The World Bank and United Nations Organizations) to

transfer the payment of all foreign debts including the payment of inheritance to this commission coordinated by the World Bank officials. This commission will, among

other things, verify/scrutinize and also recommend beneficiaries for payment. To this end, Union Trust Bank has been mandated and accredted as fiduciary agent.

Beneficiaries whose debts are cleared for payment will be paid through Union Trust Bank within 48 hours.

To facilitate the smooth operations of this commission, beneficiaries have been grouped in batches. The beneficiaries, whose names appeared in the first batch and were

cleared, have been fully and successfully paid. Therefore, the second batch of beneficiaries short listed for payment have just commenced today, the 6th of December

2014 and will last for two weeks only. Therefore, to qualify for payment, you are required to forward:

(A) Your full name and address.
(B) Your company name and address where applicable.
(C) The value of your fund.
(D) Your job description or purpose for claim.
(E) Your contract references number where applicable.
(F) Your banking coordinates.
(G) Your telephone and fax numbers.

This information is immediately required for our internal verification purposes and must agree with our records. We wish to reiterate here that this commission is the

only competent medium for your payment as our attention has been drawn to counter claims flying there and here. We advise you to jettison those claims in your own

interest. Also, we advise you to cooperate with this commission to ensure speedy delivery of service as we are working under a strict time frame in conjuction with

Union Trust Bank. Therefore, delay in carrying out directives will not be entertained, as this is capable of impeding our speed of operations.

Yours Faithfully,
Smith Oleg
International Payment Clearance Officer
Union Trust Bank
Email: utbincorp@gmail.com


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