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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: office office <office00188@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: office office <ceophilip@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 17:44:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc


 

Address of Headquarters:UBA House, 57, Marina Lagos
Postal Address of Headquarters: P .O. Box 2406, Marina, Lagos
Telephone/Fax of Headquarters    
 Tel:CALL UBA +234 706 337 4382
                                                         
 Fax +234 1 2647761


Attn; ,




Good day, i am Mr. Philips Oduoza the new Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Off United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, your information's and email address was forwarded to me by the Economic And Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to release the total sum of 5 Million Dollars and a compensation for being a victim of Nigerian/ West African scam.

  Meanwhile, i have discus with the Chairman of the EFCC Mr Ibrahim Lamorde and he has given us the go ahead to release your total sum within the next 5 working days, so after a board meeting held yesterday we have decided to release your fund through our international ATM CARD or ELECTRONICS WIRE TRANSFER depending on wish means you will prefer out of the two listed on our email.

 You are to get back to us with your personal details and your phone number to ensure it is same as the one forwarded to us by the EFCC office, also for your security purpose please know that most people are using our bank name to defraud people so do not give response to any email without this code (ONE LOVE UBA).


Best Regards,
Mr.Philips Oduoza
Director/Chief Executive
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc


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