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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348032777999 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • 2348032777999admin.ubagroup@bk.ru
  • admin.ubagroup@bk.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA <admin.ubagroup@bk.ru>
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:29:50 +0400
Subject: FROM UBA TREAT AS URGENT.


UBA Registrars PlcRaymond House95/105 Broad StreetLagos, NigeriaTelephone No:+2348032777999admin.ubagroup@bk.ru (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://icic.bradley.edu/speakers/images/Gillcopy.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://icic.bradley.edu/speakers/index.shtml&amp;h=553&amp;w=483&amp;sz=16&amp;hl=en&amp;start=153&amp;tbnid=Tih0TZDztpYfAM:&amp;tbnh=133&amp;tbnw=116&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dceo%2Bunited%2Bbank%2Bof%2Bafrica%26start%3D140%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN) Contact person:Prof. Tony O. ElumeluGroup Managing Director/Chief Executive.Email Adress:admin.ubagroup@bk.ru Attention:Roland Kaufitz,
Compliment of the day,this is to inform you that your mail was noted to my office regarding your winning fund. Listen you have to bear it in mind that you have being dealing with fake officers that is why they cheat ed you and I will tell you that they will still cheat you if you happen to contact them again. Finally, you have to bear it in mind that why we the United Bank of Africa decide to pay you this way is because of the fake officers remember that your winning prize has already here by our bank here in Nigeria United Bank Of Africa so all you have to do now is to furnish us your informations as i stated in my previous email which i sent to you to enable us open a file for proper documentation and also fell free to call me on my Direct line +234-803.277-7999 I will be looking forward to hear from you to know the choice of the Delivery you want. My Regards
Prof.Tony O. Elumelu.
Operation Manager
United Bank For Africa. *******************DISCLAIMER***************************
The Information contained and transmitted by this E-MAIL is proprietary to UBA /or its Customer and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from a disclosure under applicable law.
If this is a forwarded message, the content of this E-MAIL may not have been sent with the authority of the Bank.
United Bank For Africa shall not be liable for any mails sent without due authorization or through unauthorized access.
If you are not the intended recipient, an agent of the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering the information to the named recipient, you are notified that any use,distribution, transmission, printing, copying or dissemination of this information in any way or in any manner is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error,
please delete this mail and notify us immediately at this E-mail Address.
admin.ubagroup@bk.ru

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