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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: "MR. ROBERT WHITE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitytrustbankplcbenin@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 08:36:01 -0700
Subject: CONTACT UNITY TRUST BANK PLC FOR YOUR ONLINE ACCOUNT!

Attention: Please,

How are you, hope you are fine? This is to notify you about the meeting held today by Ministry of Finance and His Excellence Mr. President regarding your inheritance fund worth of $8,500.000.00 (Eight Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) which you tried several occasions to claim but all to be in vain and after the meeting we have today, we have come to final conclusion that the fund will be deposited to UNITY TRUST BANK PLC for them to set up ON-LINE ACCOUNT in your name with their bank, which from the account they will issue to you, from there you will now transfer your inheritance fund worth of $8.5Million Us Dollars to your own designed checking account in your country without any further delay.

We have made all the necessary arrangement with the Managing Director (MR. JONATHAN PEREZ) of UNITY TRUST BANK PLC and the fund has be deposited in their bank for them to set up ON-LINE ACCOUNT in your name, So contact the UNITY TRUST BANK PLC with your personal information and bank details for your online transfer.

Contact Person: (MR. JONATHAN PEREZ)
Emails Address: (unitytrustbankplcbenin@gmail.com)
Telephone Number: +229 6417 7244

For your information, this transaction is real, legit and 100% percent risk free, it’s also authorised by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in conjunction with Interpol, So we will advice to quit all the transaction you are doing to avoid any trouble and from now on, any message you receive that's not from this bank (UTB) BENIN REPUBLIC, kindly forward it to me for prepare investigation because the only office that's in charge of your fund here in Africa is UNITY TRUST BANK PLC (UTB) BENIN, so don't allow yourself to be deceived and also be informed that the only fee you are required to pay when you contacted the bank is $250.00 (Two Hundred And Fifty Dollars) only for the SETTING-UP THE ONLINE ACCOUNT, so contact the UNITY TRUST BANK for more instruction about your UTB online Account details and make sure that you follow their international remittance policy and guideline in order to enable them give you the best of their services.

Note: Contact Mr. Jonathan Perez (unitytrustbankplcbenin@gmail.com) for your online account.

Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Mr. Richard White.
Director Ministry of Finance Benin Republic.

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