419 scam: UBANI VINCENT <joy4smith@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?B?8J2XmfCdl7bwnZe78J2XrvCdl7kg8J2XofCdl7zwnZiB8J2XtvCdl7DwnZey?=

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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: UBANI VINCENT <joy4smith@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rancis277@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 18:20:02 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?8J2XmfCdl7bwnZe78J2XrvCdl7kg8J2XofCdl7zwnZiB8J2XtvCdl7DwnZey?=

Hi,

The information contained in this communication is confidential and
please don't hesitate to contact at any time, I'm an English and
French nationalities, Reply me at your earliest convenient time with
your full details, We appreciate your patience to read this message, I
need a reliable foreign business associate to partner, My names are:
Mr. Ubani Vincent, I have a business proposal for you, In my
department we discovered an abandoned fund which we want to transfer
to your bank account and I agree that 50% of this money will be for
you as foreign partner, get back to me if you are interested for more
details.

PLEASE FILE THIS FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
1) Your Full Name ....
2) Your Age .....
3) Your Cell Phone Number ...
4) Your Country .......
5) Your Occupation ....
6) Sex .....

My Regards.

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