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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: " Mrs. Rose Benjamin." <erei26454@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uba@united-bank.info
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 14:52:34 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary,
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I am Mrs. Rose B , the new account audit of United Bank plc Kenya and
I am writing to notify you of a payment file containing an ATM card
which has been issued to you by Federal Ministry of Finance injunction
with the United Nation/International monetary Fund (IMF).
I am new here in this office and I have orders from the entire
government of the Federal Republic of Kenya to contact you
beneficiaries and make sure they receive their ATM cards as it is
still in the custody of this Bank.can you kindly let us know the
reason of your delay concerning the delivery of your ATM card? Why do
you decide to abandon your ATM card?Worth $4.3million USD with the
Bank, You failed to contact United Bank while your delivery process
has finished.
If you are ready to receive your ATM card then make sure to use this
as a subject
(My Fund release) to contact Mr. Samuel Smith, in his office email
(uba@united-bank.info) who is in charge of making delivery of
parcels.
Yours in Service,
Mrs. Rose Benjamin.
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