419 scam: "Mr. Kone Tiemoko Meyliet." <pedar67@alice.it> WELCOME TO THE UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA(UBA)

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "executive governor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kone Tiemoko Meyliet." <pedar67@alice.it>
Reply-To: ubabank2017@accountant.com
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 18:29:54 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: WELCOME TO THE UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA(UBA)

WELCOME TO THE UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA(UBA)
Carrefour des trois Banques
Avenue Pape Jean Paul II,
Cotonou, Benin Republic.
TEL/FAX: (+229) 99939672
WEBSITE: HTTP://UBAFRICAN.BG.TF/

Web Site Internet: http://ubafrican.bg.tf/t?l: (+229) 99939672
Swift: UBACBJJ
T?lex : 539 UBABNK

IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:
V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/0017

Dear friend

After our meeting
today concerning your unclaimed fund in this Apex
bank, I was instructed to contact by the board of directors and the
senate committee on foreign matters. Before I proceed, I decided to
stop communication with you because you have always doubted all my
words which I gave to you and decide to follow the instructions of
hoodlums and impersonators who are only interested in extorting money
out from you and use you as their prey. I want to ask you a question
and do not be offended "since you stop communication with me and
prefer to follow the impostors rather than me, have you finally
received your fund? Is there any hope that you will receive the fund
in near future if you continue to follow their instructions?

The board and senate committee has been asking me why I returned your
fund to the Government reserve account without your knowledge and I
have given them the reason, to allow you follow the hoodlums and know
what the outcome will be and to see if you will follow my instructions
this time.

Anyway, I decided to contact you and to alert you on the status of
your fund, during our meeting today on the round-table with the
Presidency and senate president including the Minister for Finance, I
have been advised to contact and to make sure that your fund is
transferred to you before the closure of the payment system in no
distance time. The ball is now in your court as I have been advised to
allow you choose the way the fund can be getting to you which will be
easy for you and stress free which are as follows:

1) Do you authorise me to continue in the Swift wire transfer process,
if you choose that, you will be needed to come down here to sign your
original hard copies and if you will be unable to come, I can dispatch
the documents to your doorstep through a certified courier company
which will cost $95

2) Can the fund be sent to you through diplomatic process? There
letting the fund into a trunk box as a consignment which will be
declared as a family treasure in other for the customs not to
intervene into the consignment box which will be sent to your doorstep
by the diplomatic means which will by the diplomatic means which will
cost $200

3) We can also package the funds in an ATM card and deliver it to your
doorstep and this will cost $65 only.

These details and update was instructed and given during the
round-table meeting held hours ago and you are requested to comply and
respond to this letter as urgent as possible. Information

RECEIVERS NAME: OSCAR EZE
COUNTRY ...BENIN
CITY ....COTONU
TEST QUESTION.... BE REST
ANSWER ...ASSURE
AMOUNT TO SEND...OPTION (1), OPTION (2), OPTION (3)
SENDER'S NAME...
MTCN NUMBER.......

Strictly follow my instructions.

Thanks for your anticipation and understanding.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Kone Tiemoko Meyliet.
New Executive Governor
Central Bank of Benin (CBN)

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