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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: UBA ATM DEPARTMENT <jamespeters223@gmail.com>
Reply-To: atm_uba@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:49:49 -0800
Subject: Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,

Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,

There was approved in your name on the 18th of Last month 2016 for
your compensation as a scam victim, from random section done by united
Nation to all African scam victims,

I wish to use this medium to inform you that your full Payment
ofUSD$1.7M (One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) from CENTRAL
BANK OF BENIN have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to
you via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$1.7M
inany ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum
you can withdraw in a day is USD$5,500 Only.

We have mandated United BANK of Africa (UBA) to send you the ATM CARD
and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$1.7
MillionDollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world,
but as i have mentioned earlier, the maximum you can withdraw in a day
is USD$5,500.00 Only.

You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of
United BANK of Africa UBA

Contact Person:Pastor Ezeh Uzorchi
Director Foreign Remittance Dept
Email Address: atm_uba@accountant.com
Website: https://www.ubagroup.com/
Phone +22999842338

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