419 scam: "FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com"<FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com> FIRST BANK INTERNET BANKING UPDATE

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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 23:58:18 +0100
Subject: FIRST BANK INTERNET BANKING UPDATE

Dear valued customer,

you are required to update your internet banking now, this update is compulsory to avoid termination of your internet banking. We are pleased to inform you about the latest features in our internet banking which requires that you must update your internet banking profile immediately to avoid interruption of your internet banking services. The update is simple and easy to complete, the process requires the use of your token device, the token validation is improves the authentication of your transactions.

Click on https://www.1stbanknigeria-online.com/update to start the update now

Thank you for banking with FirstBank

This is an auto-generated mail. Please do not reply. For enquiries on FirstBank products and services, please call 0700FIRSTCONTACT (0700-34778-2668228), 01-4445500, 0708-662-5000 or email: FirstbankContact@firstbanknigeria.com

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