419 scam: "OFFICE"<sotraval@surnet.cl> URGENT NOTIFICATION

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "moneygram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money-gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "lagos" (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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348038420476 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moneygramheadofficenig@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 09:36:27 +0100
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION

UBA BANK HEAD OFFICE
NO 47 UBA BANK MONEY-GRAM HEAD
OFFICE IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA
Nigeria P.O Box 9263.
Phone Number: +234-803-842-0476

URGENT ATTENTION TO YOU,

Greetings, am very sorry for taking too much of your time at this moment but please try to understand and bear with me as you go through this urgent message, anyway my name is
MR. FRED ONARI, I have tried reaching you on mail all this while, but you fail to respond back to me, please be aware that your matter came to my desk which were dated since (6) months ago, with the total funds of $3.5 Million United State Dollars, frankly speaking, you are very lucky because you are going to receive your first (8) Ref-control numbers of $12,000 USD after responding to our mail, all this while your transfer has been stop because it was under investigation of Money Laundry by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation and that was the reason your name were among those who was blacklisted, but now we have settled your problem and removed your name from the blacklist, so your funds is free for transfer over to you now.

This is your (8) Ref-control numbers of $12,000 USD:

5645-3?63 - $1,500USD
6426-475? - $1,500USD
9635-?438 - $1,500USD
3466-49?5 - $1,500USD
7416-37?5 - $1,500USD
6406-24?5 - $1,500USD
6004-14?5 - $1,500USD
8426-94?5 - $1,500USD

Please do forgive me for taking much of your time for going through this mail which you will conclude by saying that it is just a common thing to you every-day if am not mistaken, we knew that at list you have encountered numbers of similar mails like these before, but please do not mistake that everybody who reach you are all scammers or either a fraudster as well.

Yes, I agree with you that you have every right to decide not to make any up-front payment if even we do ask for fees/charges from you because of your past scam experiences you had in the past through all this time, but I want to assure you that we are doing our very best to put things in their right shape and you must help us by working inline with our directives.

But the only thing you have to do now to receive your funds is as easy and simple if only you prepared to follow our legal advice, as a respectable and honest Man, we normally gives 100% risk-free to all our customers with a limited payment, and I have the right to penetrate any office's whenever our customer's find difficulties.

Please take note of this and see the differences because you will surely testify to your friends, families, partners who had been mocking you all this while, the only thing we need from you is to obtain the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order Certificate, which will reflect in any Money-Gram Office in your country, stating that you are not a victim or you are not a party of Money Laundry, the (A.R.O) Authorization Release Order Certificate will only cost you the sum of $450 USD (only) remember that this is the only charges for you to pay before your (8) Ref-control numbers of $12,000 USD will be release to you today.

You are to send the requested fee Via MoneyGram Money Transfer with the name and address below.

Receiver Name: ASHIMEDUA COLLINS
Country: Nigeria
Question: Glrory To?
Answer: God
Amount: $450 Usd Only

Please try and make the $450usd transfer as soon as possible and send the complete payment details across to me, I hope to hear from you soonest so that we can proceed with your transfer immediately.

Yours Sincerely,

MR. FRED ONARI
Managing Director Of (Foreign Department)
UBA Bank Money-Gram Head Office Ikeja Lagos Nigeria
Phone Number: +234-803-842-0476

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