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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: "UN, Office" <officeemail400@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cfc.ubagroup27@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:47:12 -0700
Subject: United Nations, New York, NY, 10017, USA.

United Nations.
Address: #405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA.
Secretary-General of the United Nations: Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres.

Dear Foreign Beneficiary.

Hi, you have experienced so many disappointment, failure, and difficulty during your attempt to complete and receive your international fund transactions.

NOTE: Any fund transaction above One Million Dollars usually attracts international investigation, during this investigation; they will ask you to send whole lots of payment for settlement of fees, and payment for securing of different kinds of documents/certificates to prove legitimacy of your ongoing fund transaction. Your fund transaction is above One Million Dollar, the means they were using to send it across to you attracts international investigation, and that is why they will always ask you to send payment for settlement of fees and for securing of documents/certificates. It is sure you have been sending these upfront fees, and you have not received your fund until date.

Haven seen how much time and fees you have invested to receive your funds with no positive outcome, we have come to realize that you may not be financially able to pay every fees it takes to clear this international investigation because it seems they will always come back asking for fees and more fees. Therefore, we have instructed the UBA BANK to transfer all your funds to their UBA-online account opened in your name. The UBA BANK will give you the account login details (account User-ID & Password) which you will use to login to this online account, and you will move/transfer your funds from the online account to your personal account freely at no cost and without any restriction/interruption.

This type of online transaction is more safe and risk-free, also it attracts no fees or international investigation since you can easily login to your online-account using your phone or your computer, and you can easily transfer funds without any restriction.

Contact UBA BANK for your online account User-ID & Password, with guideline on how to login and transfer your funds from the online account to your personal account.

UBA Group Bank Plc.
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.
Headquarters: UBA House, 57 Marina, P.O. Box 2406, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Email: cfc.ubagroup27@gmail.com. Phone: +23490 65169559.
Contact Person: Mr. Kennedy Uzoka. (General Managing Director/CEO UBA BANK PLC).

Send your details to Mr. Kennedy Uzoka who will provide you with your online-account User-ID & Password, and will give you more guideline on how to login and transfer your funds online.

Your full names.
Your Gender and Age.
Your Occupation, and Monthly/Weekly Income.
Your Contact Address.
Your Phone numbers.

Thanks,
Secretary-General of the United Nations: Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres.

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