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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: "oliver alawuba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alawubaoliver85@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 02:39:51 -0700
Subject: Good day

Good day
 
 
This mail is to inform you of your registered package CONTENT: ATM
Card worth US$18.5 million us dollars registered by  of the United
Nations official. The Fund is a donation to you from the U.N through EU
affiliation with the commonwealth poverty eradication
program.
 
 
The Pin code and instructions on how to use the card is inside the
package with the ATM Card and you can make withdrawal in any location
of the ATM machine of your choice/nearest to you anywhere in your
country.
 
 
Please note only money you will
have to pay is the vat fee of $$150 only must be paid
before shipment.
 
 
 
 
1. Your Full Name
2. Your Mobile Phone Number
3. Your Contact Address
 
 
There are insinuations that other banks in the country USA  may follow
this path, by allowing their customers to withdraw, through ATM
terminals, large amounts in the region of $200,000, even though they
have not made it public.
 
 
Before now, most banks had put a limit of $20,000 daily withdrawal on
their ATM terminals mainly for cards issued by other banks. The limit
had been put in place during the dollar redesign policy as your ATM is
fully active for cash withdrawal on any ATM of your bank Community
Bank NA is fully link up with your $18.5 million us dollars MONEY CARD
with this end vat fee of  $150 VAT give you the full access to your
ATM daily usage permit access PIN CODE as the final process needed to
be completed in 1 hour of your $150 us dollars payment as the END VAT
for your usage permit.
 
 
We hope to here from you.
thanks.
UBA
Managements Value Date  1-AUS-2023
Available Balance       $18.50.000.000;00,
 
 
Ensure to contact  as soon as possible.
 
 
Regards
oliver alawuba

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