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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: "JOHNSON MAURICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chriswalter954@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 03:31:13 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($15,500,000.00) ACKNOWLEDGED.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL IN RESPECT OF YOUR DEPOSITED FUND TOTALING FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($15,500,000.00). THE FUND WAS DEPOSITED WITH US THROUGH THE HELP OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT DEPT OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

BE INFORMED THAT PAYMENT OF THIS FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($15,500,000.00) WILL BE PROCESSED AND CREDITED TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS REQUESTED AFTER FILLING ALL THE BELLOW DETAILS.

RECEIPT BY EMAIL,YOUR MESSAGE WILL BE EXPECTED FOR THE PROCESSING OF THE PAYMENT AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY THIS SAID FUND TOTALING FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($15,500,000.00).

PLEASE KINDLY RECONFIRM TO US THE FOLLOWING:

1 YOUR FULL NAME:
2.YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS:
3.OCCUPATION:
4.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND FAX:
5.AGE AND SEX:
6.SCAN COPY OF YOUR VALID ID CARD:
7 YOUR EXISTING COMPANY NAME:
8 YOUR MOBILE PHONE NO:
9 YOUR BANK NAME:
10 YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NO:
11 YOUR ROUTING NO:
12 YOU BANK SWIFT CODE:
13 YOUR BANK ADDRESS:

AS SOON AS THE ABOVE DETAILS ARE RECEIVED,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS OF THE FUND TO BE DIRECTLY REMITTED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FROM OUR BANK HERE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY AND NOTIFY YOU IMMEDIATELY.YOUR ESTEEMED RESPONSE SHALL BE ANTICIPATED FOR FURTHER DETAILS THROUGH OUR BANK"S PAYMENT DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (NIG).PLC. MR. CHRIS WALTER. EMAIL ADDRESS: chriswalter954@gmail.com

THANK YOU.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
JOHNSON MAURICE.

DIRECTOR
HUMAN RESOURCES AND INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (NIG).PLC.

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