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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ubabnkcfcgroupnyusa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Mr. David Lee<info@lee.com>
Reply-To: ubabnknyusa@inbox.lv
Date: 12 May 2017 09:06:13 +1000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS...
This is to officially inform the recipient of this email that you
are among the [100] one hundred individuals from different
countries who were victims of various West African Scam selected
to be compensated with the sum of [One million USD] each as
instructed by World Bank in conjunction with Africa Union [AU] to
redeem the image of West African governments/countries where the
scam were perpetrated as a result of the protest letters by Int’l
communities to World Bank and Africa Union regarding the act of
scam against their citizens by West Africans. United Bank for
Africa New York USA is one of the banks appointed by World Bank
and Africa Union to facilitate payments to verified victims
through their email addresses.
As instructed by World Bank that the aforementioned sum should be
released to beneficiaries through de-personalized international
acceptable ATM VISA CASH CARD to access the [One million USD]
compensation funds within any part of the World by each
individual beneficiary of the program from the account linked
with the Cards, you are therefore, required to re-confirm /
submit your personal information which should include the address
where the ATM VISA CASH CARD should be delivered to you as thus:
[a]Beneficiary full Names
[b]Full address.
[c]Beneficiary direct telephone lines
Once your information is received by me, I will hand it over
officially with the Card to any of the official Courier companies
of the Bank you will select to deliver it to you. As the
coordinator of this payment in the bank appointed by United Bank
for Africa management, you are strictly advised to forward the
above listed information of your person to my direct email
address (ubabnkcfcgroupnyusa@gmail.com) Or you can also contact
my secretary James Carter via mobile on +1914-371-6194.
Yours faithfully, David Lee.
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