419 scam: "UBS International Holdings(Beuker Hendrik)" <torres.guitian@usc.es> (no subject)

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "UBS International Holdings(Beuker Hendrik)" <torres.guitian@usc.es>
Reply-To: mrbeukerhendrik@foxitos.com
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:26:36 +0100
Subject:

UBS International Holdings BV
Herengracht 600 NL-1017 CJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
www.ubs.com/investmentbank

Greetings,

I am an investment consultant working with UBS International Holdings BV
in the Netherlands. I will be happy to work this transaction out with you
if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are reliable
and honest.

I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, as I can arrange
and provide you details/documentatal proof so that fund ($8.5million)
will be transferred into your account as the next of kin to the late
depositor(Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri, who was an Election candidate and also
a business man). Abbas Farhan al- Jabouri and his two relatives were
executed in Mohammed al Malih, near Mandali on the 29th of January 2009.

During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with
the said balance (Eight million, five Hundred thousand Dollars only), this
account have not been operated for some years now.

At this moment I will not be able to issue more details about this
business, until your response is received.

If you are not familiar with my Bank profile, please take a moment of your
very busy schedules to read about my Bank
website(www.ubs.com/investmentbank).

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible via my private email;
mrbeukerhendrik@foxitos.com

Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest Regards,
Mr.Beuker Hendrik
Investment Consultant.
UBS.

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