419 scam: "Mr Paul Collins"<info@sender.org> UNITED BANK PLC

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Paul Collins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrpaul_collins@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:37:55 +0800
Subject: UNITED BANK PLC

UNITED BANK PLC (UBA) GLOBAL BANK HEADQUARTERS, New York U.S.A Hotline: +1(619)-273-5462 ATTENTION: Due to your long over-due payment which you have been finding it difficult to receive via Wire transfer or Bank Draft, We have arranged your payment through International ATM Card Payment Center,this is part of an instruction passed by the United Nations in respect to all over delayed payment. The Payment Center department will send your ATM Card valued sum of (US$8M).which you are to use in accessing your fund in any ATM MACHINE located any where in the world, and the maximum withdrawal daily limit is US$15000,00. So kindly contact the ATM Center with the below information, Most importantly you are advised to send your full data to me, which includes: Full Name: Current Residential Address: Direct Phone Number: All arrangements have been made to deliver your atm card to your door step. Thanks for your co-operation. Best Regards, Mr Paul Collins ATM CONTROLLER UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC

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