419 scam: "Dr Mellisa Allen" <lewis.mellisa@superposta.com> UBA GROUP BANK , VISA CARD

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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:

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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- +22998799290 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Mellisa Allen" <lewis.mellisa@superposta.com>
Reply-To: drmsannaluis@mail.am
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:55:03 -0500
Subject: UBA GROUP BANK , VISA CARD

UBA GROUP BANK , VISA CARD
Visa carde payi internationale Creditor
Carrefour des trois Banques
Avenue Pape Jean Paul II,
01 BP 2020 C
Tele: +229 98 799 290
Fax: 21 31 51 77

Dear Sir.

Attention.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
Inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment
were because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect
of your Contract inheritance payment.

We have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have
arranged your payment through our swift card payment center visa pacific
that is the latest instruction from The ECOWAS/UN and European Commission to
compensate you as victims.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract, inheritance sum, and people that have had an unfinished
transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government
problems and the World financial Crisis etc. We found your name in the list
of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why
we are contacting you.

The Visa card payment center has been mandated to issue you $1,100,000.00
(One Million,One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) as part
payment for this fiscal year 2011.also for your Information you have to stop
any further communication with any other Person(s) or office(s) to avoid any
hitches in receiving your payment.

You are to fill out the below information for us to prepare your Visa Card
and get it ready for you to receive through this office. All needed from you
is your data, and less than 72 Hours the VISA CARD will be deliver to your
home address

1. Your name
2. Phone
3. Address
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification

Please contact this very office for more instruction and directive on how to
receive your Visa Card. UBA GROUP BANK.
E-Mail: ubagroup.ltd@blumail.org
Tel: (+229) 98 799 290
Manager Ed Jones

We hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (atm-y2k10) so you have
to indicate this code when contacting the Visa Center by using it as your
subject.

Regards
Ms Allen
UBA GROUP LTD.

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