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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. Mark Wallison" <office@teogrup.ro>
Reply-To: mwallison@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 05:14:44 +0300
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS OFFER

Dear Client

Please pay attention and understand my aim of e-mailing you today.

My name is Mr. Mark Wallison Regional Director at UBS Investment Bank Plc
London. I ask you to consider this transaction with strict and utmost
confidentiality. Being a top executive at UBS Bank, I discovered a
numbered account with a credit balance of £16,100,000 .00 ( Sixteen
Million, One Hundred Thousand British Pounds) that belongs to one of our
foreign customers (SYLVESTER ZIEGLER) Deceased, an American who was a
victim of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. With my position at the bank,
I have all access, secret details and necessary contacts to claim these
funds without any hitch. I only need your HELP as a foreigner to assume
the beneficiary, because my position as a civil servant and a staff of the
bank does not permit me or my relatives to make this claim. Therefore, I
want you to stand as the “Foreign Beneficiary", and I assure you of a
perfect transfer strategy that will be placed in your name legally, so
that nobody will suspect your claims.
For your assistance to achieve this greatness, your entitlement is 40% of
the total sum GBP£16,100,000.00 Upon your consideration of this offer,
please provide the below info via my person email mwallison@yahoo.com.

Your full name
Contact address
Mobile Number
Your date of birth

to enable me re-profile the fund on your name as the beneficiary and guide
your contact with UBS bank for the release and transfer of the fund to any
bank account of your choice.
Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply.


Yours truly,
Mr. Mark Wallison
Regional Director
UBS Bank Plc. London


Translated in Danish

Kære klient

Vær opmærksom og forstå mit mål med at e-maile dig i dag.

Jeg hedder Mr. Mark Wallison Regional Director hos UBS Investment Bank Plc
London. Jeg beder dig om at overveje denne transaktion med streng og
største fortrolighed. Som topchef i UBS Bank opdagede jeg en nummereret
konto med en kreditbalance på £ 16.100.000 .00 (Seksten millioner,
hundrede tusinde britiske pund), der hører til en af vores udenlandske
kunder (SYLVESTER ZIEGLER) Død, en amerikaner, der var et offer for
orkanen Katrina i august 2005. Med min stilling i banken har jeg al
adgang, hemmelige detaljer og nødvendige kontakter for at kræve disse
midler uden problemer. Jeg har kun brug for din HJÆLP som udlænding for at
overtage modtageren, fordi min position som embedsmand og bankpersonale
ikke tillader mig eller mine pårørende at gøre dette krav. Derfor vil jeg
have dig til at stå som den "udenlandske støttemodtager", og jeg kan
forsikre dig om en perfekt overførselsstrategi, der vil blive placeret i
dit navn lovligt, så ingen vil mistænke dine krav.
For din hjælp til at opnå denne storhed er din ret til 40% af det samlede
beløb GBP £ 16.100.000,00 Når du overvejer dette tilbud, bedes du oplyse
nedenstående info via min personlige e-mail mwallison@yahoo.com.

Dit fulde navn
Kontakt adresse
Mobilnummer
Din fødselsdag

for at gøre det muligt for mig at profilere fonden igen på dit navn som
modtager og guide din kontakt med UBS bank for frigivelse og overførsel af
fonden til en hvilken som helst bankkonto, du vælger.
Tak, i påvente af dit øjeblikkelige svar


Med venlig hilsen
Mr. Mark Wallison
Regional direktør
UBS Bank Plc. London

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