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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money-gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- uba814527@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: High Man <highm857@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uba814527@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 06:37:23 -0700
Subject: felicitaciones
Querido Beneficiario
Nos comunicamos con usted con respecto a sus fondos de compensación no
reclamados de
($ 3.7 Millones) dólares estadounidenses que se depositaron en nuestra
oficina
por la organización Ecowas y nos indicó que le enviemos el dinero a través
de
ATM TARJETA VISA O sistema de pago de transferencia en lÃnea Money-Gram
para su
fácil reclamo de su dinero. Ha dirigido nuestro Pago Exterior
Unidad de remesas, United Bank of Africa Lome Togo, para emitirle un
Tarjeta de crédito. Débito VISA, donde se debitarán ($ 3.7 millones) USD
de su fondo, para continuar retirando su fondo.
Esto es para informarle que sus fondos totales de $ 3.7 millones han sido
programado para el pago a través de ATM VISA CARD.
Y hoy te notificamos que tu fondo ha sido abonado a la VISA
Tarjeta de UBA Bank y también lista para ser entregada, ahora contacta al
secretario del Banco UBA su nombre es Dr. KENNEDY UZOKA
Director Gerente de United Bank for Africa
Sitio web del banco: http://www.ubagroup.com
DEPARTAMENTO DE TARJETA VISA ATM UBA (Grupo UBA (@UBAGroup)
EnvÃe la siguiente información para la entrega de su cajero automático
acreditado
Tarjeta VISA a su dirección:
Tu nombre completo ================
Tu paÃs de origen ==========
Tu ciudad ======================
Tu dirección de casa ============
Su género =====================
Tu edad ======================
Tu ocupación ===============
Tu número de teléfono ============
Código postal de su paÃs =========
Le informamos que hemos concluido todos los arreglos necesarios.
con respecto a su pago y su TARJETA VISA ATM están listas para ser enviadas
a
tan pronto como nos contacte con la información a continuación.
Persona de contacto: Sra. Vivian Francis
Correo electrónico de contacto: (uba814527@gmail.com). Por lo tanto, debe
enviar el
solicitó información a la Sra. Vivian Francis lo antes posible para
evitar retrasos innecesarios.
Gracias
Sra. Vivian Francis (FMI) (601) funcionaria.
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