419 scam: "Mr. Steve Smith" <0323952981@orangemail.sk> RE: UBNL INTEREST PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$1.5MILLION

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Steve Smith" <0323952981@orangemail.sk>
Reply-To: mrSteveSmith@qq.com
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:15:18 +0200
Subject: RE: UBNL INTEREST PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF US$1.5MILLION

UBNL: Interest Payment Notification
REF: BN/DFR/2010/06785

My name is Mr. Steve Smith Head Operations, Union Bank UK Plc, London United Kingdom.
Sometime ago United Nation Fund Office (UN) brought your contract/inheritance funds to our bank, which was latter withdrawn back to the United Nationâ€™s Treasury, during the time the funds was deposited in our bank, it generated interest value atUS$1.5Million, which is to be pay to the beneficiary via Debit MasterCard.

In view of above you are advice to get back to this office as soon as possible, Bank of England Auditors and United Nation officials do check our files and financial updates monthly and they wants the interest to be pay to them but we refused. If they found out that the Interest Funds still in our bank unclaimed they will want it transfer to the United Nation Treasury.

When reply to this message remember to reconfirm those stated below informationâ€™s to enable us proceed with the transfer processing of the interest sum of US$1.5Miilon.

(1) Your full name:
(2) Your Residential/postal address:
(3) Email address:
(4) Your Telephone and fax numbers:
(5) Your occupation:
(6) Sex/Ago:
(7) Scan copy of your identification:

Await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
For: the management
Mr. Steve Smith
Head of Operations
Union Bank UK Plc
Tel: 44 (745) 2017660

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