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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: "Mrs. kara poovey." <udeojiloveth1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uba@united-bank.info
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:06:31 -0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

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I am Mrs. kara poovey, the new account audit of Partners Bankplc California,

We are writing to notify you again, In Case you didn't receive our
previous mail sent to you.

We have this order from Federal government
of the United States to Release your pending Compensation fund of Four
Million Three Hundred Thousand United States dollars ($4.300,000.00)

from the US reserve account with our bank. Partners bank,
which you have encountered some failures while trying to receive your

funds in the past, we have approved the release of your fund through
Online Banking Payment. all you have to do is to Contact Mr. Michael
Chambers
Executive Vice President and Chief Banking officer Partners Bank
California and fill the below info.

Your name ...

Phone ..

Address...

Contact: Email (uba@united-bank.info)

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that
is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet
Service Provider we the (PARTNERS BANK) urge you to treat
it genuinely.

Thanks for banking with Partners Bank
while we look forward to serving you with the best of our service.
Thanks and Congratulations in Advance.

Yours in Service,

Mrs. kara poovey.

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