419 scam: Mail Service Team <registrar@mail1.ui.edu.ng> Email Alert Notification

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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: claimsfdl@inbox.lv
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:28:35 +0100 (WAT)
Subject: Email Alert Notification

Dear E-mail Client,
You have exhausted the 5GB Bandwidth of your email account and for this reason some of your incoming mails with files and documents above 50KB have been filtered and placed pending.
Your e-mail account's Bandwidth has been upgraded to 10GB to enable us serve you better. Kindly Click on the below link to complete the upgrade on your account in order to receive your pending mails and enjoy better quality and efficient service delivery.

Follow this link to complete the process: CLICK HERE

Once the information provided matches the records on our database, your account will function normal again.

Sincerely,

Mail Service Team.
****************************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************** Disclaimer:
The information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it may contain confidential or privileged information.If you are not the intended recipient of this message any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited and your are requested to notify the sender & delete this message from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly forbidden.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam