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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: Angela Matela <"angelamatela2017."@estate.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Angela Matela <angelamatela2017@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 10:05:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR BENEFICIARY


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: Michael Bernaud (Foreign Remittance/Payment Department)
E-mail: michaelbernaud4040@gmail.com
Tel: +229 99 59 29 68
Fax: +229 98 51 51 95

Thank you!

Barr Angela Matela,
South African Representative Office
Benin Republique.

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