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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: "UNITED BANK OF AMERICA " <"www."@drive.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "UNITED BANK OF AMERICA " <mccabeandrew06@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:49:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Customer,

From the desk of Mr. Mark Andrew
Of Citi Bank New York,33 Liberty St
New York, NY 10045-0001
Web:www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com

Dear Customer,

The Management and the Board of trustee of UNITED BANK OF AMERICA Intl Plc, wish to inform you officially that your ATM Card with us were short listed among the three (3) transactions that would face cancellation on the 18th JUNE 2017.

This is to report to you that our bank have received a correspondence from the Federal High Court as cancellation notice for your ATM Card worth of US$2.5Million USD to be deleted from foreign payment file. We have waited long time enough for you to fulfill the required obligations and claim your ATM Card like other beneficiaries but nothing comes up from you.

The Management of this bank held an urgent meeting in my office today regards to the delays on your transaction, and they have asked my office to submit all the paper works and files containing your funds. However, I refused and asked the board members to give me from now until next week so that I would consult you personally to know your mind concerning the funds.

Furthermore, you are advice to reply to this email after reading, and feel free to tell us why you abandoned such huge amount here. Let us know if you are no longer interested on this transaction. If you still have the interest of receiving your ATM Card, you should kindly show the bank your interest by reconfirming your informations below for us to retrieve your payment documents from the High Court and proceed on the delivery.

1). Your Full Names:
2). Phone and Fax Number:
3). Address where you desire to receive the ATM CARD (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTED)
4). Your age and current occupation:

The above-mentioned information will officially help for my confirmation of your previous information on our database. This is also to be sure you are the legitimate owner of this ATM CARD.

I am looking forward to your positive cooperation.

Best regard.

Mr Mark Andrew
Director ATM Swift Card Center
UNITED BANK OF AMERICA
Email: mccabeandrew06@gmail.com
Mobile:+1(201) 777-1364

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