419 scam: "FIBI"<admin1@fibi-hq.co.uk> Confirmation of your US$2.5M payment

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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: "FIBI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <admin@fibi-hq.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:44:00 -0700
Subject: Confirmation of your US$2.5M payment

Confirmation of your US$2.5M payment

Sir,

We wanted to confirm if you had receive our earlier notice to you. We received instruction from United Nation Compensation Commission UNCC Secretariat, Switzerland,

our customer to process the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars (US$2.5M ) to you as aid/inheritance.

An ATM card is any payment card issued by a financial institution that enables a customer to access an automated teller machine (ATM) in order to perform transactions

such as deposits, cash withdrawals, obtaining account information, etc. ATM cards are known by a variety of names such as bank card, MAC (money access card), client

card, key card or cash card, among others.

To process your payment, do send the information below:-

1. Copies of your identity
2. current address
3. direct telephone

Send this information to the email below

Many Thanks

Steve Reid
Branch Manager - London
First International Bank Israel
24 Cree church Lane,
London,
EC3A 5JX, UK

Anti-fraud resources:

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