419 scam: UBA BANK PLC <"www."@arrow.ocn.ne.jp> UNITED BANK FOR 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- uba_bankforafrica@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UBA BANK PLC <"www."@arrow.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: UBA BANK PLC <uba_bankforafrica@o2.pl>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 07:10:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
BENIN REPUBLIC,COTONOU DEPARTMENT

Attention dear rightful beneficiary,
This email is to notify you that we have received a check value amount of $2.8 million u.s.d from the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) here in Benin republic.

The I.M.F is giving you this funds as a compensation of citizen living under government control for all over the years without committing any criminal offense or illegal act against the country and this compensation will be valid for two weeks only. You are to receive this funds direct into your bank account, so what you have to do is to kindly confirm your information correctly to the following required information space below,

Your full name.................
Country....................
Age........................
Address...............
Phone contact................
Next of kin name..............
Next of kin phone contact.............
Your bank name...................
Bank account name.................
Bank account number...............
Sort code...................
swift code..................

Please we also want to use this opportunity to warn you about the internet scammers also known as fraud workers,if you receive any email claiming to be U.B.A Bank then kindly check their email domain as we have confirm our real email domain as (o2.pl) so any domain like @yahoo.com, @gmail.com,@hotmail.com or even @outlook.com is all used by the scammers.
The only email address we use for our U.B.A Bank is (uba_bankforafrica@o2.pl) and only we have that domain as a special email made for the United Bank For Africa (U.B.A BANK)

Best of regards' U.B.A BANK PLC.

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