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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: "DR.AHMED TUKU," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmedtuku224@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:29:29 -0700
Subject: Re: $10.5 Million, ATM Master Card Payment

DR.AHMED TUKU,
ATM Head of Operation
United Bank For Africa (UBA)
 
 
                          Re: $10.5 Million, ATM Master Card Payment
 
 
Attention
 
 
I am DR.AHMED TUKU the Director of ATM Head of Operation United Bank For Africa (UBA) Nigeria Plc, I resumed to this office on the 29th of Dec 2015 which ever since then i have been writing you and you arent responding my emails which during my  official research I discovered an abandoned ATM Master card valuedsum of $10.5 Million with card number 5321452123409380 belonging to you as the rightfully intimate beneficiary.
 
 
I tried to know why this card have not been released to you but I was told that the former ATM head of operation who left this office two months ago withhold your card for his own personal use without knowing that I will not approve support him to take your card.
 
 
You were given two alternative options to receive your ATM CARD/FUND, firstly,  you can come down here to our bank to pick up your ATMMASTER CARD along with your backing up fund documents or the card will be shipped out to you through any registered courier company in which you will take care of the courier shipment charges.
 
 
Right now as i am talking to you my office in been pressurizing by different people coming to claim and ask after your fund, and which i know very well that they are not the beneficiary of this fund but you, they are asking me to release your fund to them but i couldn't becauseI or the bank management do not recognize any of them as the beneficiary of the fund, please i want to know if you are the one who directed one Mr. MR.James Mcgill to contact my office and ask me to release your fund to him, he have been sending me emails and calls since this fund was approved to release to you.
 
 
So Please kindly go through the email he has been sending to me all these while and see if you know him or sent him to come to claim your fund.
 
 
We look forward to hear from you.
 
 
DR.AHMED TUKU,
UBA Management

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