419 scam: UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC < www.atm.@gaea.ocn.ne.jp> ATTENTION DEAR ATM OWNER

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (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.
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.
- myoffiicefilles@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC < www.atm.@gaea.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: UBA BANK BENIN REPUBLIC <myoffiicefilles@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 22:01:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR ATM OWNER

From the Desk Of Mr.John Solomon Of ATM department
Headquarter: West African Benin Republic /Cotonuo
Founded : 1985 / 2365, Boulevard du Mono
ADDRESS : Rue du Governor BAYOL - Cotonou 01 BP 1280 Cotonou

Hello Beneficiary, we have been trying to reach out to you severally in respect to your scam compensation scheme funds worth $950,000.00 thousand provided by the federal government powered by the world bank group, but due to unclassified reasons our mails to you have been bounced and our server alerted error on sending them to you and i just hope this last message gets to you on time because there is an emergency here!

Did you authorize Mrs. kleen Stillman of Kemuning Ray Street NO.8,Tomang. Jakarta,Indonesia to pay the Bank acceptance fee to claim your WORLD BANK/IMF assisted scam victim compensation funds $950,000.00 Thousand Dollars ?

She has been sending mail to us in respect of your UBA ATM CARD claiming to be your sister and that you are seriously ill, now due to the fact that we could not get access to you despite all odds, personally i am suspecting something fishy that is why am writing you now to reconfirm that you asked her to pay the bank acceptance fee to receive your compensation ATM card.

please you are alerted to reply urgent so that if she is not from you we will have her tracked down and Arrested by POLICE! so do reconfirm to this ATM department as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you or not so that this Office of ATM department will not beheld responsible for releasing your ATM card to wrong person thank you, All you have to pay for thisis DHL fee only .

You are to come back to us with this email and please if this woman is not from you confirm back to us by sending us your below information right now.

Your Full Names........
Address................
Direct Phone Number...........
Occupation...............

REPLY SO URGENT NOW ! NOW !
Sincerely MR JOHN SOLOMON
Director ATM office
Tel: (+229) 6951_9992
Email:myoffiicefilles@gmail.com

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