419 scam: "OFFICE FILE"<pawelsta@pizzaexpress.com.pl> URGENT MESSAGE FOR YOUR ATM MASTER card

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "foreign payment department" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ubabankbeninrep@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE FILE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ubabankbeninrep@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 14:08:23 +0100
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FOR YOUR ATM MASTER card

TTENTION : FUND OWNER,

WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT UBA BANK PLC HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT OF $2,5MILLION USD THROUGH
MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.

YOU HAVE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE AFRICA TO AVOID HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. UBA BANK MANAGER HAVE CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER. THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH GRAM MONEY CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THIS TRANSFER CENTER WILL SEND YOU A MONEY GRAM MONEY PAYMENT INFORMATION WHICH YOU WILL USE TO PICK UP YOUR MONEY IN ANY MONEY GRAM OFFICE IN THE WORLD . THE MAXIMUM DAILY AMOUNT IS $5,000 USD PER DAY. A TOTAL OF $2,5MILLION USD AT A TIME . NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUND BY
CONTACTING THE MONEY GRAM OFFICE TODAY. THIS IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH UNITED
NOTION FORIGN TRANSFER.

SEND THEM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF YOURS
FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE transfer OF YOUR FUND:AND TRY TO CONTACT
BANK WITH ubabankbeninrep@gmail.com

(1). YOUR FULL NAME......
(2). YOUR COUNTRY...........,
(3). YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS........,
(4). YOUR DIRECT OFFICE PHONE NUMBERS.........,
(5). MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.............,
(6). YOUR CORRECT HOME ADDRESS.......,
(7). YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATION......,
(8). YOUR WEEKLY/MONTHLY INCOME.....,
(9). YOUR AGE......,
(10). YOUR NEXT OF KIN NAME......,

CONTACT MR. MICHAEL WRIGHT WITH THIS
INFORMATION:DR. RAPHAEL ANDERSON
FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
TELL: (00229 62886711)
EMEIL ubabankbeninrep@gmail.com

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS THE (UBA BANK)
HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR
CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH IS ( BLUE) SO YOU HAVE
TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING MR. MICHAEL WRIGHT ON
THE TRANSFER CENTER BY USING IT
AS YOUR SUBJECT. KINDLY NOTIFY (UBA BANK)
IMMEDIATELY TO CONFIRM THE
RECEIPT OF THIS MASSAGE FROM THE U.B.A
BANK PLC.

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