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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: Barr Angela Matela <"barr_angela_matela."@clear.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Barr Angela Matela <barr_angela_matela@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2017 21:17:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION.


Hello,

I am Angela Matela (a Lawyer) from Cape Town South Africa. I work under Rosemary Hunter as a Secretary/Personal Assistant. Rosemary Hunter is a board Member of South African Financial Services Board (FSB), and Deputy Registrar of Pension/Retirement Funds. This message is as directed by Rosemary Hunter; and please do not consider as
unwanted or unsolicited e-mail. It is a confidential message that requires your urgent consideration and attention, and of great benefit to you.

Your name is on our payroll as the Beneficiary of unclaimed fund of US$13 million, and we would like to know if you have worked in any of the African Union Communities or had any “unsuccessful Business engagement” with any individual or Corporation/ Financial Institution in Africa because in this process, an unclaimed fund of total of US$13 million has been found registered in your name in our database, and we are contacting you for the immediate claim of this fund.

If you have had any unsuccessful business in Africa or lost money in any activities to individuals, Financial Institutions or Corporations; please kindly be informed that you have been selected electronically among the individuals and entities to receive these “Unclaimed Funds” as a “Re-fund and Recovery Payments”.

After the meeting held by the G-20 nation states, the Global financial services and the Committee for the Re-build and Re-construction of the global economy on the present on-going economic crisis and collapse on the July 18, 2010; it was concluded that the African Union shall re-return a total of US$250 Billion into the Global market.

The African Union Financial Services now issue out globally these payments to foreign individuals and entities that have been previously engaged and lost funds in any Business or Activity in Africa through Individuals or Corporations.

Presently, there is an on-going cancellation of these “Unclaimed Funds” of foreign Beneficiaries by board Members African Union Financial Services in connection with South African Financial Services Board, FSB. This cancellation is a process adopted by the FSB and African Union Financial Services board Members in diverting these unclaimed funds of over 200,000 foreign Beneficiaries that have been confirmed deceased and having no Next of Kin for the claim.

However, Mrs. Hunter as a board Member of FSB found this act illegal/unlawful and immediately took legal action against board members of FSB over this cancellation of unclaimed funds of foreign Beneficiaries.

Please kindly go through the news updates in the below websites:

http://mg.co.za/article/2016-01-21-pension-fund-fracas-heads-to-court
http://www.fin24.com/Money/Retirement/Pension-funds-owe-R20bn-in-unclaimed-benefits-20150820

These unclaimed funds of over US$ 1 billion approximately R20 billion have remained unpaid to the foreign Beneficiaries and in our recent findings, over US$500 million have already been diverted and removed from the database by the board Members of FSB in the name of the unclaimed funds cancellation.

In order to stop this illegal/unlawful act by the FSB board Members and ensure that these funds are being disbursed internationally, Mrs. Hunter as a “Deputy Registrar” of these unclaimed funds has compiled 10,000 lists of the foreign Beneficiaries to issue their payments immediately before her contract expires, and the payments files have been processed legally and accordingly.

You are now required to contact our Payment Center with your information for your fund claim. For your Payment “ATM CARD DESPATCH” urgently contact our Payment Center:

United Bank for Africa (UBA Bank)
Address: 01 BP 182 Avenue Sacre Couer, Cotonou 01, Benin Republique
Contact Person: Michel Bernaud (Foreign Remittance/Payment Department)
E-mail: michel_bernaud@outlook.com
Tel: +229-9948-9913


Thank you!

Barr Angela Matela,
South African Representative Office
Benin Republique
+229-9932-9182

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