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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: Mrs Anna Smith <ubabanksnplc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 04:32:52 +0100
Subject: Attn: The owner of this email address.



--
Attention Dear sir / madam, I am Mrs. Anna Smith Secretary to
Mr.Williams White
the manager to United Bank for Africa Plc. The International Monetary Funds
(IMF) with the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS) through our
Bank has approved your email address among the 2017 Global Compensation and
Foreign Exchange Award Unit,listed to be Compensated with sum of ($1.7
Million US Dollars)
You are advised to reply back with your details such as, Your full
name ...,Country ...,
Age..... Resident address... with your occupation...and Telephone
number ....,so I can
give you more details about this and how to receive your Compensation
Entitlement Funds
within 2 working days. Therefore, you are hereby advised to stop
further dealings with
some non-officials impersonating in various government parastatals as
this is an illegal
act and this has to stop if you so wish to receive your compensation,
get back to us
immediately you receive this email. This is very important for your
compensation please
you are advice to contact our manager Mr. Williams White with his
telephone line +22999770312
and our bank email address williamswhite2017@hotmail.com Thanks your
sincere concern Mrs.
Anna Smith

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