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

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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.
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)
Reply-To: <FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com.ng>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:03:58 +0100
Subject: FIRST BANK INTERNET BANKING SECURITY UPGRADE

Dear valued customer,

we wish to inform you about the on going upgrade on our internet banking banking platform ,this upgrade is very important to keep your online banking security up to date, we have activated some new security features on our internet banking which will make your account safer than before. You are here by required to activate the new security on your account to avoid fraud and loss of funds.

download the forms attached to this email now to upgrade your internet banking account now , failure to upgrade your account now will result to suspension of your internet banking until you complete the upgrade. If you are using retail internet banking download the retail form for upgrade ,if you are using corporate internet banking download the upgrade corporate form. Enter the required information to complete the form and submit to upgrade your account.

Find the attached for the first bank internet banking account ugrade form, you are required to enter the information needed accordingly and also make use of your token to complete the token codes are required. Click the button on your token and enter the code generated accordingly, make sure that you enter a different token code in order to complete the process successfully .

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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