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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: "United Bank for Africa" <info@uba.ng>
Reply-To: banksofafrica87@aol.com
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:32:51 +0100
Subject: Registration Ref: DHL/atm/100

Attention Beneficiary,

Having reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the
transfer of your ($3.5 Million) Three Million five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars and your inability to meet up with some charges
levied against you due to the past transfer options,we the
Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has ordered our Foreign
Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a ATM VISA CARD where your payment
will be uploaded.

Today, we got the notice that your Payment has been uploaded into this
ATM VISA CARD and also have registered it with DHL Express Courier
Service. For your information, The delivery charges have been paid and
they are supposed to have shipped your packaged (ATM CARD) but
they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery
address to ensure accurate Delivery.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Due to the content of the package, DHL Express
mandated that before your package will be shipped, a Stamp Duty MUST
be procured according to the New Shipping Creed and the essence of
such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount is
$390. When this is done,
DHL Express will issue you with the tracking numbers for your package
before the shipping commences Therefore reconfirm your current
delivery address. Do not forget that this $390 is all that you should
send to them,the rest of the fees have been paid.

1. Your full name: ......................
2. Your physical address............................
3. Your house phone: ......................
4. Your cellphone:....................
5. Your Identity Card:..................

DHL-Express Courier And Delivery Company
Director:Dr Michael Walter
Email:(dhle47282@gmail.com)


Finally, for security reasons and considering the huge amount the ATM
Visa-Card contains, the Package was coded thus,
Registration Ref: DHL/atm/100.
This is the code you shall send to DHL Courier Company.Please hurry
now as your package might incurr demurrage if it stays more than
3 days with DHL-Express Courier company.

Thanks,
John Aboh
ATM Department Manager
United Bank for Africa

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