419 scam: United Bank for Africa <uba.customercare@dgoh.org> Re: US$12.5M Offshore Online 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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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 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.
- +22961052095 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: United Bank for Africa <uba.customercare@dgoh.org>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 12:35:13 +0900
Subject: Re: US$12.5M Offshore Online Payment

United Bank for Africa PLC
Address: Plot Carrefour des trois
Banques Avenue Pape Jean Paul II, Cotonou, Benin

Tel +229-610-520-95

Attention: ,

Re: US$12.5M
Offshore Online Payment

We want to inform you that we received payment instruction from Carl
Bayly Meyer, Director World Bank Foreign Debts to Process and pay you
the approved beneficiary of an Inheritance Fund valued
US$12.500,000.00(twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) the payment will be made to you via our effective and
secured Online Banking Facility. So you're to refurnish us with this
following information stated below:

(1.) Your Full Name

(2.) Your Residential Address & Nationality

(3.) Your Direct Telephone & Fax Numbers

(4.) Your Occupation

(5.) Copy of your Identification Card ID, Drivers License or
Passport photo copy.

As soon as we receive these information from you we will immediately
process and open the Online Account on your name with the
US$12,500,000.00 as the beneficiary and issue you the Account ID and
the Access Code which you will use to log into your Online Account
begin to withdraw money from the Online Account to your designated
Bank Account in your country through our Online Banking Services and
any Online Transaction you initiate from the Online Account the
amount withdraw will reflect in the destination bank account within
48 hours. Your advice to facilitate providing the above mentioned
details so as to enable proceed on our end to process and set up the
Online Account for you. For more detail feel free to call on
Tel+2349025616385

Mr Chuks Kosi
Chief Executive of UBA Bank.

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