419 scam: "DEPARTMENT OF PAYMENT"<shop@peugeot.ru> UNITED BANK OF AFRICA

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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.
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.
- +2348166825652
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.
- fredrickspoon@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DEPARTMENT OF PAYMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fredrickspoon@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:47:17 -0600
Subject: UNITED BANK OF AFRICA

FROM:UNITED BANK OF AFRICA DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY ATMs RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION From: MR FRED MURPHY REMITANCE MANAGER UNITED BANK OF AFRICA Email:fredrickspoon@hotmail.com contact Number:+2348166825652 Attention: Beneficiary This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contact inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations given to you in respect to your contract /inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held at our headquarters,we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know,we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe,America and Asia Pacific, with the instruction given by our president Goodluck Enebeli Jonathan, (FCFA) Federal Republic of Nigeria.This FIRM will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an A.T.M MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($5,000.00) Five Thousand Us Dollars per transaction.So,if you like to receive your fund this way please get bact to me, $5,000usd for you to withdraw for a day and each transaction is $2,000usd minimum which you have to withdraw $5,000 usd for one working day, also be informed that the total amount in the SWIFT ATM CARD is $1.5million usd. You are to reconfirm the details below for proper verification (1) Your Full Name : (2) Your Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD: (3) TelePhone number: (4) Fax Number : (5) Age: (6) Occupation : (7) Your Nearest International Air Port in your City of residence: We shall be expecting to receive your information,you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office. On this regards,do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction,and also please do update me with any new development. Thanks for your co-operation

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