419 scam: "UBA BANK"<mrsbini1@yahoo.com.ph> RE:YOUR FUND HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR DELIVERY

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- +2348034669580 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mrsbini@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UBA BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsbini@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:11:26 +0100
Subject: RE:YOUR FUND HAS BEEN RELEASED FOR DELIVERY

Dear Beneficiary,

Following your last response, I have understood that it’s little hard for you to complete your transfer through the current means, in this regards, I want to inform you that there is a diplomat coming from Nigeria to your country in few days on an official assignment and I’m thinking that it would be a great opportunity to have these funds credited into an ATM VISA CARD so that the diplomat will dispatch the card to your address and at the same time which you can withdraw from any ATM machine around the world.

Meanwhile, you will only require to pay $180 for the insurance of the CARD and the bank will take care of any other charge including the diplomat charges without any stress. Please you will need to provide to us with your current residential address and a valid telephone number to enable the diplomat dispatch the card successfully to your door-step immediately he arrives in your area.

Note, that the bank will credit the first part-payment of US$ 3,647,000.00 (Three million six hundred and forty-seven thousand United States Dollars) into the ATM VISA CARD while the balance will be paid later,and you can withdraw a maximum of us$15,500.00 daily from any atm center nearest to you. Kindly respond urgently as soon as you receive this email because the diplomat will be leaving in few days and it would be wise we use this means to send this fund to you immediately, as soon as I hear from you I will update you of the particular date the diplomat will be leaving Nigeria and the information on how you will send the $180 for the insurance charges.

For more detail, you can reach our office on phone: +234 8034669580.

I’m looking forward to your response,

Dr.Mrs Vicki Bini,
mrsbini@yahoo.com.ph
Head Of Treasury Department,
United Bank Of Africa.

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