419 scam: "Mr. Beuker Hendrik" <info@aig.com> UBS International Holdings BV

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447035919274 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- h.beuker001@officer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Beuker Hendrik" <info@aig.com>
Reply-To: h.beuker001@officer.com
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:06:06 +0800
Subject: UBS International Holdings BV

UBS International Holdings BV
Herengracht 600
NL-1017 CJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
www.ubs.com/investmentbank

Greetings,

I am an investment consultant working with UBS International Holdings
BV in the Netherlands. I'll be happy to work this transaction out with
you if you are reliable and a honest person. I also need a strong
assurance/conviction that you will never let me down as I can arrange
and provide you details/documents proof so that $8.5million USD
(funds) will be transferred into an offshore-dollar account as the
next of kin to the late depositor (Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri, who was an
Election candidate and also a business man).

Abbas Farhan al-Jabouri and his to relatives were executed in Mohammed
al Malih, near Mandali on the 29th of January 2009. During one of our
periodic auditing, I discovered a dormant account with the said
balance $8.5million USD (Eight million,five Hundred thousand Dollars
only), this account have not been operated for some years now. At this
moment, I will not be able to issue more details about this business,
until your response is received. If you are not familiar with my Bank
profile, please take a moment of your very busy schedules to read
about my Bank website (www.ubs.com/investmentbank). I look forward to
hearing from you as soon as possible via my private email;
(h.beuker001@officer.com). Do call +44 703-591-9274 for more inquiry.
Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest Regards,
Mr. Beuker Hendrik
UBS Investment Consultant.
Email: h.beuker001@officer.com

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