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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: office detpartmemt <officedetpartmemt368@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubacfcfinancier@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:58:47 -1200
Subject: ATTN DEAR BENEFICIARY,

ATTN DEAR BENEFICIARY,

I AM RALPH SALOMON, DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT,UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
[UBA] THE ONLY BANK APPOINTED BY THE O.A.U MEMBERS LED BY PRESIDENT Patrick
talon.

DUE TO ON GOING FRAUD IN WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES WHERE SOME INNOCENT
BENEFICIARIES WERE ASKED TO PAY IN ADVANCE BEFORE RECEIVING THEIR MONEY.
THE ABOVE AFRICA UNION AND IMF HELD A MEETING IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND
RESOLVED TO PAY ALL BENEFICIARIES IN CASH THROUGH A DIPLOMATIC COURIER
SERVICE.THE UNION HAS APPROVED AND APPOINTED UBA BANK BENINI REPUBLIC TO
PAY YOU THE SUM OF ($2,500,000.00)BUT DUE TO ONGOING FRAUD IN WEST AFRICA,
WE HAVE TAKEN (US$10,000) FROM YOUR FUND FOR HANDLING CHARGES.


THEREFORE THE AMOUNT YOU WILL BE EXPECTING FROM THE DIPLOMAT IS
$2,490,000.00) INSTEAD OF ($2.5M).WE HAVE SET UP A PLAN TO CONCLUDE THIS
TRANSACTION WITH YOU, HENCE YOU CAN GIVE US MAXIMUM COOPERATION.WE WANT YOU
TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH PERSONS, BANK OR COURIER THAT PROMISED
TO PAY YOU THROUGH BANK TO BANK, WESTERN UNION, MONEY GRAM, ATM CARD, EVEN
CHECK,DO NOT LISTING TO THEM BECAUSE BENIN REPUBLIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
HAS PROHIBITED SUCH PAYMENT DUE TO FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD FROM THE FILE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH
THE FRAUDSTER WHO HAS BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU,MY DEAR,AS A SENIOR
BANKER, CONTROLLING THIS CASH PAYMENT NOW,I ADVISE YOU NOT TO WASTE YOUR
HARD EARNING MONEY BY PAYING ANY BODY IN ADVANCE AGAIN, AND IF YOU JUST
FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTION YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR MONEY IN THREE DAYS TIME.

YOUR FUND WILL BE PACKAGED IN A CONSIGNMENT BOX AND SHIPPED THROUGH
LICENSED DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE. I WILL ALSO SEND THE PICTURE OF THE
BOX BY ATTACHMENT TO YOU TO SEE HOW THE MONEY IS PACKAGED, I WILL SEND YOU
MORE MAILS TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION WITH MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR
YOU TO KNOW THE GENUINE OF THIS TRANSACTION.THEREFORE, QUICKLY FORWARD YOUR
FULL NAME, HOME ADDRESS AND DIRECT PHONE NUMBER TO ME AT(
ubacfcfinancier@gmail.com ) FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.ALL THE DOCUMENTS WILL
BE SENT TO YOU IF I AM ASSURED THAT YOU HAVE STOPPED SENDING MONEY TO THOSE
FRAUDSTER . BUT GOD WILL SURELY JUDGE ALL OF THEM WHO LIVES BY CHEATING.
MY BIBLE SAYS WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT LOOSE
HIS SOUL? I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE REQUIRED INFORMATION


RALPH SALOMON JP
DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING
E-MAIL (ubacfcfinancier@gmail.com)

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