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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: "James C. Trainor" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ubaxxxbank@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:04:26 -0700
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary of $28.85Million USD,

Attention: Beneficiary of $28.85Million USD,

This is to bring to your attention that we have obtained a classified
document showing that you are dealing with scammers and impostors. We have
tracked your transactions over the years and found out that you are dealing
with scammers in Africa and all over the world. We are aware of your
numerous dealings within and outside the country, most recently the email
and phone communications between you and some people claiming to be
Bankers, Diplomats, delivery Agents, from Middle East, Europe and Africa
and with some collaborators here in the United States. You are hereby
warned, to put a stop to all your transactions with the under listed
scammers/impostors;


JANET YELLEN (IMPERSONATED)
WILLARD ANIL
TERRY WORD
ANDREW WAYNE
REV. MICHAEL LUCAS
CLIFFORD CHANCE
MARY MOHHAMED (IMPERSONATED)
CHIEDOZIE PETER EGWUONWU
EMEKA LAWRENCE ONUORAH
EMMANUEL OKOYE
GEORGE MOGHALU (IMPERSONATED)
DAWSON SUSAN
HON.CYNTHIA H. CLANTON (IMPERSONATED)
EDITH VERMEILLE
CHARLES JOHNSON
JERRY MICHEAL
WILLIAM OTUTUNZU
PHILIPPE GIRIGISSOU (IMPERSONATED)
REV. RAYMOND GODWIN
ROLAND SMITH
SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI (IMPERSONATED)
GLYNN BURGER (IMPERSONATED)
JOHN EDWARD
DAVID SCOTH
MARK MORGAN
CRISTINA MORENO (IMPERSONATED)
BRIAN MOHNIHAN (IMPERSONATED)
Rev. JERRY LEO
JOHN BOOMA
BONI YAYI (IMPERSONATED)
BARAK OBAMA (IMPERSONATED)
GODWIN EMEFIELE (IMPERSONATED)
IBE KACHIKWU (IMPERSONATED)
MOHAMMADU BUHARI (IMPERSONATED)
BUKOLA SARAKI (IMPERSONATED)
MICHELLE OBAMA (IMPERSONATED)
SOLUDO CHARLES (IMPERSONATED)
JACOBS BUMA
MIKE IGWE
CHRISTINE LAGARDE (IMPERSONATED)
DAVID MARK (IMPERSONATED)
BEN BERNANKE (IMPERSONATED)
BAN KI-MOON (IMPERSONATED)
WILLIAM CASTORO (IMPERSONATED)
MOGENS LYKKETOFT (IMPERSONATED)
JAMES COMEY (IMPERSONATED)
JOHN O. BRENNAN (IMPERSONATED)
JEH CHARLES JOHNSON (IMPERSONATED)
MICHAEL J. FISHER (IMPERSONATED)
Mrs Mireille Ballestrazzi (IMPERSONATED)

And so many more organizations such as UNITED NATIONS, EUROPEAN UNION, IMF,
Bank of AMERICA, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Interpol, EFCC,
World Bank, Barclays Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, British High Commission
E.T.C

We are working round the clock to get hold of these individuals who in one
way or the other, masterminds the use of banks, courier service and
embassies while posing as the real persons to extort money from their
victims. You are WARNED to STOP further communication either by phone or
email to any of this person listed above or any other person posing as an
agent. And we urge you to forward any email you receive to this office for
verification and approval before you reply them.

We have looked into the various claims and found out that TRUELY you have
unclaimed funds indeed, most of wish initially originated from lottery
winnings and donations by sick individuals. Your payment files from
different banks; NatWest Bank of London, Central Bank of Nigeria and Benin
Republic, Bank of America, Africa Development bank, UBA bank, E.T.C were
compiled and submitted to my desk for review.. The total sum owed you is
the tune of $28,850,000.00 Twenty Eight Million Eight Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United States Dollars. As a matter of fact, this $28,850,000.00 is
the ONLY funds that the government has approved and made available for your
immediate action. The funds are lodged into the United Bank for Africa
(UBA) New York Branch Office, while waiting for accreditation and transfer
to your personal/private bank account in any part of the world. The funds
have been approved worldwide by United Nations/World bank and IMF, of which
the mandate to transfer has been gi
ven to the United Bank for Africa

The choice of United Bank for Africa (UBA) New York Branch was made during
the general assembly of African heads of States at Addis Ababa, 22 January
2018, the summit was tagged "Winning The Fight Against Corruption". It was
at this summit that the mandate to pay all compensations to scam victims,
and other winning/inheritance/contract funds was given to the United Bank
for Africa (UBA) New York Branch.

We also, after due scrutiny and verification, confirmed that you have
attempted to fulfilling all the necessary obligations that will enable the
release of your payment. Unfortunately, your payment was not released to
you due to flimsy excuses from the Bank officials in charge of your
payment, because they have the intention of diverting your funds to their
private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest. You are
however lucky that we detected their evil plans and therefore call for the
submission of your payment files to us so we can personally handle the
payment assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.


During our meeting with officials it was agreed that the only charges to be
paid upfront in order to effect the transfer is $285.00, so you are advice
to work together with the bank's general manager MR. UCHE IKE to ensure
successful completion of your funds transfer. Know that all modalities
regarding your funds release/transfer are in place there at the United Bank
for Africa (UBA) New York Branch, so the only obligation you are to fulfill
now in order to receive your $28,850,000.00 payment is to contact UCHE IKE
the General manager United Bank for Africa (UBA) New York Branch with your
full details and request for the funds transfer and pay the transaction
fees of $285.00

You are to contact UCHE IKE the General manager United Bank for Africa
(UBA) New York Branch by email/phone with the below information and make
sure you forward your information to him such as full name, address and
direct telephone number.

UCHE IKE
General Manager
United Bank for Africa (UBA)
New York branch office
1 Rockefeller Plaza, New York,
<https://maps.google.com/?q=1+Rockefeller+Plaza,+New+York,+%0D%0ANY+10020,+USA&entry=gmail&source=g>
NY 10020, USA
Phone: (347) 990- 1248
Email: ubaXXXbank@gmail.com

You are again, WARNED to STOP further communication either by phone or
email with any other person or group. And we urge you to forward any email
you receive to this office for verification and approval before you reply
them.

Whatever this message contains is for you alone DO NOT share or forward
this mail to any individual, because there are so many persons (criminals)
on our list that are being hunted and this email must not get out to a
third party for security reasons because you don't know who is who, if it
does get to the wrong guy, this criminals will be very much at alert that
we are trailing them and it will make their apprehension difficult for us.


James C. Trainor
Executive Assistant Director
Cyber Division
FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
<https://maps.google.com/?q=935+Pennsylvania+Avenue,+NW+%0D%0AWashington,+D.C.+20535&entry=gmail&source=g>
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Text (202) 810-0008

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