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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.JOHNSON UDO" <"www."@energy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "DR.JOHNSON UDO" <officefund975@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:59:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION : ATM MASTER CARD OWNER,


ATTENTION : ATM MASTER CARD OWNER,

WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT UBA BANK PLC HAVE BEEN MANDATED BY IMF
MANAGING DIRECTOR TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT OF $2.5MILLION USD THROUGH
ATM CARD.YOU HAVE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER
PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE AFRICA TO AVOID HITCHES
IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.

UBA BANK MANAGER HAVE CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMENT
THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC ATM CARD PAYMENT. THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED YOUR
PAYMENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THIS CARD
CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD . THE MAXIMUM DAILY
WITHDRAWAL IS $10,000.00 USD PER A DAY. A TOTAL OF $2.5MILLION USD AT
A TIME . NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUND BY CONTACTING THE BANK
TODAY. THIS IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH MASTER CARD
COMPANY DEPARTMENT AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING USA.

Please KINDLY Reconfirm Your Information Again once you receive your
ATM card kindly go into bank and withdraw your funds immediately
thanks,

YOUR FULL NAME ____
YOUR ADDRESS____
YOUR AGE______
YOUR CITY_______
YOUR STATE_____
YOUR COUNTRY_____
YOUR HOME PHONE______
YOUR CELL PHONE_____
Your occupation____
Your passport id____

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS THE (UBA BANK) HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR
CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH IS ATM-0312 SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING DR.JOHNSON UDO ON THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT. KINDLY NOTIFY(UBA BANK) IMMEDIATELY TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF
THIS MESSAGE FROM THE UBA BANK PLC.
FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF THE ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS. CONTACT
DR.JOHNSON UDO WITH THIS INFORMATION:

DR.JOHNSON UDO
FOREIGN PAYMENT MANAGER
UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
TEL:+22968893469
EMAIL(officefund975@gmail.com)

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