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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: Usang Mary <usangmary20@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:41:22 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE


This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the Internal
Revenue Service Office and Federal Ministry of Finance. to pay 100 scam
victims $2,500,000.00 USED each, you are listed and approved for these
payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible
for the immediate payments of your $2,500,000.00 USED compensation funds.

On this faithful recommendations want you to know that during the last IRS
meeting held at Porto Nov o, East Africa, it was alarmed so much by the
rest of the world in the meeting on the loss of funds by various foreigners
to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in
other to retain the good image of the country, the president of the country
is now paying 100 victims of this operators $2,500,000.00 USED each, Due to
the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in the Hold world, the payments
are to be paid by United Bank for Africa Pl c. as corresponding paying bank
under funding assistance by the National Westminster bank London. According
to the number of applicants at hand,62 beneficiaries have been paid ,half
of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more than
16 left to be paid the compensations of $2,500,000.00 USED each.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in
kenya republic as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason
whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal, You
can receive your compensations payments via UBA BANK world remit MONEY
TRANSFER (PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE).

Furthermore you are advice to reconfirm your billing address include your
full name and direct contact telephone number to the Manager Uba Bank world
remit Money Transfer Payment Consultant Office for the immediate transfer
of your money through there department, the contact information is as
follows:


NAME: Dr.Christopher Willie.
Email: (unitedbankingservice@accountant.com)

Call Rev: David Johnson immediately you get this mail to enable him speed
up for your payment or you send him an email forwarding all the necessary
information required from you so that they will commence on processing. But
I will advise that you try and call him to facilitate your payment.

Yours faithfully,
Dr.Christ Christ

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