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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: Ebere Ijeoma <ei699091@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:30:50 -0700
Subject: Unity (O.A.U) is compensatiion

UBA BANK NEW YORK, USA
1 Rockefeller Plaza (8th Floor)
New York, NY 10020. United States


I Am Mr. Saleh Dunoma the Chief Officer Operating united bank for
Africa , the international monetary fund (I.M.F.) in conjunction with
Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) is compensating all the scam
victims with the sum of $4,500,000.USD

And your email address was found in the scam victim's, the united bank
for Africa and Federal Reserve Bank has been mandated by the (I.M.F)
to pay your compensation ($4,500, 000.USD) in cash through means of
diplomatic courier service hand delivery, Therefore, do forward your
home address, direct phone to this email, payprecurement@outlook.com


Regards,
Mr Saleh Dunoma
Director cash processing unit
UBA BANK NEW YORK, USA

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