419 scam: "UBS Investment Bank" <info@email.com> Investment Project

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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 Investment Bank" <info@email.com>
Reply-To: mrrolandocastillo@pkuit.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:14:22 +0700
Subject: Investment Project

UBS Investment Bank
19/F Tower One, Ayala Triangle,
Ayala Avenue, Makati City,
Metro Manila Philippines.
www.ibb.ubs.com

Greetings,

I am an investment consultant working with UBS Investment
Bankin Philippines. 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 funds($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 ofJanuary 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.ibb.ubs.com). I look forward to hearing from you assoon as
possible via my private email; mrrolandocastillo@pkuit.com

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest Regards,
Mr. Rolando Biscocho Castillo
Investment Consultant.
UBS.

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