419 scam: "UBA BANK" <ubaccfc@uba.org> Clarify this

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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:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "UBA BANK" <ubaccfc@uba.org>
Reply-To: ubaccfc@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:59:43 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Clarify this

United Bank For Africa
Head office
U. B. A. House, 57, Marina
P. O. Box 2406, Lagos, Nigeria

Debt and Reconciliation Board.

I am happy to see your case file after a thorough job done by the board.
When the bank was audited at the end of 2016 fiscal year the sum of $9.5M was found UN-remitted and uncleared to any account both domestic and non-domestic.

But analyzing the log activities of IRU (International Remittance Unit) we discovered that this money was approved in your name, but the transfer was not successful due to a syntax in your details.
Kindly clarify this to enable the unit complete the process but you can also choose other options to get your money.
Example: ATM CARD (Delivery at your address) OR CASH DELIVERY (Delivery at your door post through the Diplomats)

The board await your very important decision because the Apex bank (CBN) has officially asked the all banks in the country to return all UN-remitted and uncleared money to the national treasury within 7days, be fast because this directive is monitored by the EFCC ( Economic and Financial Crime Commission ).
Write to me as soon as you finish reading this information.

Anthony Elumelu
Board Chairman

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