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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: "U.B.A BANK" <somruedee.p@skk-bkk.com>
Reply-To: infoubabank13@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:34:38 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION




UNITED BANK OF AFRICA (UBA)/UNITED NATIONS,SCAM VICTIMS
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.DIRECTOR,
SCAMMED VICTIM/$1,000,000 PAYMENTS
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $1,000,000 USD
SUBJECT: RE: TRANSFER CONFIRMATION: UN/NDI/TTD/998/15

UBA BANK/UNITED NATIONS SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations to Central Bank to pay 48 scam victims $1,000,000 USD (One
Million Dollars) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as
one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to us as
soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1,000,000 USD
compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, know that during the last U.N.
meetings held at Abuja the Capital of this Country Nigeria, it was
alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by
various individuals to the Nigerian scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims,
the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying
48 victims of this operators $1,000,000 USD each in accordance with
the U.N. recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking
Systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be supervised by the United
Nations' Officials and the Central Bank Of Nigeria as the corresponding
paying bank is UNITEND BANK OF AFRICA (UBA)
According to the number of applicants at hand, 21 Beneficiaries has
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still
have more 27 left to be paid the compensations of $1,000,000 USD each.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who claimed to
be the ATM Director CBN who was arrested as one of their victims of
the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate
this message to him for any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret
service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret
till they are all apprehended.

In order to know you are ready to receive your approved fund, you are
strictly advice to furnish us with the below information for us to
cross check in our payment file if is correct, and after all
verifications, we will then direct you on how to received your fund.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Home/Cell Phone:
4. Age and Marital Status:
5. Occupation:
6. Any Identification like Int'l Passport/Driver License:

We expecting your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor
this payment effectively.
Remain Bless
Yours faithfully
Dr.Bennet Johnson




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