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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Oliver Alawuba <officialmail775@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ubabankplc85@aol.com
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:50:18 -0800
Subject: ABOUT YOUR LONG AWAITED FUND PAYMENT.

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC (UBA).
HEAD OFFICE: U.B.A.HOUSE,
57, MARINA STREET,VICTORIA ISLAND
P. O. BOX 2406, LAGOS-NIGERIA.

FROM:MR.Oliver Alawuba.
THE GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO,
EMAIL:

Dear Esteem Beneficiary,

I am sure you have been informed by our Customer Services Department that
the Central Bank of Nigeria has approved and released your outstanding
funds payment to our bank.

Welcome to United Bank for Africa (UBA) your online account has been opened
and your funds has equally been lodged into your account,please you are
advised to follow the instructions very correctly as you are making your
transfers.

Important Notice: Your account is already in $ and you do not need to enter
any $ SIGNS, NO COMMAS, NO SYMBOL on the amount you wish to transfer out
from your online account while making transfer,you only need to enter the
amount you wish to transfer in figures: (E.G: 1000000 or 500000). Please
take this note seriously or else your transfer will not be successful.

1.Log on to our website: https://ibank.ubagroup.com
2 .Log on to our website: https://ibank.ubagroup.com
3. under the Online Banking Click on ACCOUNT LOGIN
4. Enter Your Online ID: Gods time,Password:is Best
5. Your Security Questions and answers as written below:

(a) what is your favorite food? = Steak
(b) in what year was your father born? 930
(c) what was your favorite sport in high school? = Handball

5. Click on VIEW TRANSACTIONS to see inside your account
6. Click on TRANSFER FUNDS to make your transfers
7. Enter correctly the account information where you wish to transfer some
funds to and click Submit.
8. Enter Transaction Authorization Code (T.A.C) is: 2031
9. Enter Non-Resident Authorization Code (N.R.C) is: 2018

Once all the information is entered correctly, you will have a successful
transfer in to your local account immediately because it was programmed on
a swift online transfer.

Maybe you want to be sure of whom you are communicating with, you are can
log on to our Bank's website to ascertain my position in the Bank Viz:
http://www.ubagroup.com/ mc/bios Or my Identity from:
http://www.ubagroup.com/mc/ bio?id0120904032833dky9zr9pp7.

For more about me and United Bank For Africa visit the links below -
http://blog.ubagroup.com/2016/08/kennedy-uzoka-assumes-office-as-uba.html
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/08/02/kennedy-uzoka-resumes-as-group-managing-directorceo-uba/

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation as I look forward to receiving your
call and confirmation.

Regards,
Mr. Oliver Alawuba.
GMD/CEO United Bank for Africa.
Security Line:234
Reply to email:ubabankplc89@aol.com

This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for
the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under
applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail
in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system
and do not copy,disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this e-mail or
its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or
virus-free. The UBA Bank does not accept responsibility for any loss
arising from unauthorized access to, or interference with, any Internet
communications by any third party,or from the transmission of any viruses.
Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by the UBA Bank for operational or
business reasons. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its
attachments that does not relate to the business of the UBA Bank is
personal to the sender.

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