419 scam: MG <michaelanekwe77@gmail.com> ATTENTION: ATM MASTERCARD CARD OWNER,

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

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:
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "ubagrouplc1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "ubagrouplc1@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MG <michaelanekwe77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubagrouplc1@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 17:41:02 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: ATM MASTERCARD CARD OWNER,

--

*ATTENTION: ATM MASTERCARD CARD OWNER, WE ARE NOTIFYING YOU THAT
UBA BANK PLC HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT OF $1.5MILLION
USD THROUGH ATM CARD. YOU HAVE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY
OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE IN OR OUTSIDE AFRICA TO
AVOID HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT. UBA BANK MANAGER HAS
CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC ATM CARD
PAYMENT AND THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC. THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU
WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE
WORLD, THE MAXIMUM DAILY WITHDRAWAL IS $5,000USD PER DAY, A TOTAL OF $1.5
MILLION USD. NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUNDS BY CONTACTING THE BANK
TODAY BY EMAIL: (ubagrouplc1@outlook.com <ubagrouplc1@outlook.com>). THIS
IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH MASTER CARD COMPANY USA,
PLEASE KINDLY RECONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO ENABLE US DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD
ASAP, 1.YOUR FULL NAMEâ€¦2.YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBERâ€¦3.YOUR OFFICE
NUMBERâ€¦4.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND YOUR ATM CARDâ€¦5.(P.O BOX
NUMBER/ADDRESS)â€¦6.YOUR AGE/GENDERâ€¦7.YOUR CURRENT OCCUPATIONâ€¦8.DO YOU HAVE
ANY EQUITY LINE OF CREDIT (YES OR NO)â€¦ NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS
THE (UBA BANK) HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH IS ATM-0212 SO
YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT.SINCERELYPatricia MahoneyUSA AMBASSADOR TO BENIN
REPUBLIC+22964983572*

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam