419 scam: United Bank for Africa <uba .@tea.ocn.ne.jp> Attention Is Needed

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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:
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22963337268 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- uba.alert001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: United Bank for Africa <uba .@tea.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: United Bank for Africa <uba.alert001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 18:43:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Is Needed

Welcome Message!!!

This is to report to you that our United Bank for Africa bureau have received a correspondence from the federal high court as cancellation notice for your funds transfer to be deleted from foreign payment file .The United Bank for Africa management desires to inform you that your funds transfer with us has been programmed among the five (5) transactions that would face cancellation soon.

We have waited long time enough for you to fulfill the required obligations and claim the funds like other beneficiaries that have claimed their funds before March ending this year but nothing comes up from you as indication from the funds owner.

The management of this United Bank for Africa held an urgent meeting in my office today, regards to the transferring of your funds by On line Account and they have asked my office to submit all the paper works and files containing your funds confidentiality but i refused and asked the board members to give me from now till one week time so that i consult you personally for you to declare your interest on the funds transfer.

Further more, you are advised to reply to this email after reading, and feel free to tell us why you abandoned such huge amount here. let us know if you are no longer interested to complete your transaction. Finally, if you still have the interest of being paid your funds by Online transfer; you should kindly forward your name and Bank address including your phone number immediately.

This Service will afford you the luxury and convenient of transferring your fund through the use of your Computer by accessing your account Online and subsequently making Transfers with the use of the Details that we will provide to you. It is a new and modern form of Fund Transfer and its is SAFE, SECURE AND CONVENIENT.

Inconclusive we wish to enlighten you our conduct of operation and service rendering. Their customer we are to inform you that it the obligation of every of our customer to open Non-Resident account here in our bank in which he/her will use to transfer the fund into your local bank account over there in your country and it will cost you the sum of $50usd.

Note that in your response to him, he will now tell you how you will be receiving your payment. You are therefore advised to contact him through this Tel: +229 63337268, +2293355061 (OR) E-mail: ( cfc.bagroup@outlook.com ) ( uba.alert001@gmail.com )

Personal Information for fund Transfer Request. Your full information needed.

i am looking forward to your positive cooperation fairly soon.

Yours faithfully,
Thanks For Banking With US!.
Group Managing Director/CEO
Phillips Oduoza

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