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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: UBA <"UBA@"@cyber.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: uba.ban18@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 01:30:32 +0900 (JST)
Subject: THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE DESK OF MR. LEONARD ABUBAKAR, THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NIGERIA EFCC NEW REFORMED BANDS GROUPa

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE DESK OF MR. LEONARD ABUBAKAR,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NIGERIA EFCC NEW REFORMED BANDS GROUP
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ANTI-TERRORISM SQUAD (ATS),
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF),CITIZEN RIGHTS ALLEVIATION
ORGANIZATION (CRAO),INTERNET SECURITY AGENCY ORGANIZATION(ISAO),
INSURANCE COMPANY AGENCY(ICA) AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DEPARTMENTS,
INTERPOL POLICE FORCES AND FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION(FBI)

GREETINGS DEAR BENEFICIARY,

Corruption is act of dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.The journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places said that corruption is dishonesty, dishonest dealings, unscrupulousness, deceit, deception, duplicity, double-dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, lawbreaking, crime, criminality, delinquency, wrongdoing, villainy etc. It is the act of greediness and selfishness. Africa continent is a place whereby we have prominent number of leaders who practices corruption in leading the masses and consequently, many Africans citizens have also engaged in this very act due to the frustrations afflicted on them by their leaders or inheriting them from their parents, masters who also practices corruptions.This is why Africa continent is known with dirty image of corruption today. The engagement of the our citizens in unholy and unjust activities such as fund embezzlement, deprivation of the poor rights, internet hacking, defrauding, imposing and scamming of innocent citizens and foreigners out and over their hard earning properties is now the reason why we have been reformed by the President of this country, His Excellence General Mahummudu Buhair to properly investigate the previous years victims of this corruption and compensate each person according to the value of property he or she had lost. However, We wish to inform you that we have conducted number of investigations and your email address has was found among the victims and you have been compensated with sum of $5.8 Million USD. We have mandated this reputable bank which has received number of Awards based on its accurate and rare system of performances to credit the fund into ATM MASTER CARD and deliver it to you immediately as we discovered that many scammers and frauds uses Western union, money gram etc in their dealings. All you have to do is go ahead and provide your information as stated below for the success of your immediately delivery.

Full Name........
Home Address......
Country.........
State...........
City.............
Age and sex...........
zip Code..............
Telephone..............

NOTE: It is not by force to claim this compensation, you are allowed to declare your interest or uninterested in the compensation but not with abusive languages otherwise it might cause slandering investigations. Again, you are required to reply to this email within 72hours or the fund will be returned to the Chamber of Ministry of Finance which will cost you penalty charges to reclaim it back. We look forward to receive alert of your comply.
Yours Faithfully
Director Leonard Abubarka

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