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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 DELIVERY DEPT"<webmaster@bsess.by>
Reply-To: ubabankplc_benin@barid.com
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:11:22 -0800
Subject: ATM visa Card package

Greetings,

This is to Inform you that an ATM Card Number: 4283 0830 7403 4242 worth $3.5Million US Dollars has been accredited by the Federal Government of Benin Republic as Fund Compensation currently approved in your favour. The package has been released today for delivery. You are receiving this email message in order to fully compensate victims that have had problems receiving their funds or lost funds in the process. We the United Bank for Africa registered under Benin Republic government is charged to deliver your ATM visa Card package to you. Please provide the below information as listed

Full Names: /
Home Address: /
Mobile Telephone Number: /
Country:/
Occupation: /

Kindly Note that the delivery of your ATM visa Card is still on hold pending when we receive the above information from you to process the package. further details will be sent to you after this time out.

Thanks
Fund Remittance Officer
United bank for Africa

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