419 scam: "Dr. Oliver Alawuba"<usdb86@bk.ru> PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- dc429450@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Oliver Alawuba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dc429450@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 12:18:48 -0700
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

My Dear Friend

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

I am an accountant with UBA Bank. My name is Dr. Oliver Alawuba, the Personal Account officer to Late Engineer A. Wilson a citizen of your country, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES (NNPC), VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. Hereafter shall be referred to as my client.

On 30 JAN 2000, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in the Kenya Airways flight with registration number 5Y-BEN which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal air- crash on 30 JAN 2000. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful after these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence contacting you.

I have contacted you to assist in acquiring these money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated by our bank where these money was deposits. Particularly the UBA Bank Where the deceased had an account valued at about ($6,500,000.00 Million US Dollars). Our bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin till ending of Feb 2019 or have the account confiscated within the next 14 official working days.

NOTE: There are no risks or dangers involved on this deal. I have agreed with my colleagues that you will retain 40% of the total fund, my colleagues and I will take 50% while the remaining 10% is mapped out to cover the International and Local Expenses that might be incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction.

If this proposal interest you and you are willing to assist me in transferring the money out of our bank, please forward to me immediately the following information to my personal mail:(dc429450@gmail.com)

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Private Telephone No.
3. Your Contact Address, city and Area where you live.
4. Occupation
5. Date of birth

As soon as we receive the above information from you, we shall immediately file up application for approvals and payment shall follow as soon as possible.

NOTE: I shall not contact another person till I hear from you. You should treat this transaction with topmost confidentiality because we are top Civil Servants and would not want our reputable image dented after putting in twenty years of active service in the Bank beside the bank didn't know anybody as late Engineer A. Wilson Brother or relation so whoever I present to the UBA Bank Management as next of kin should be the one to trust by the bank.

Best Regards.

Dr. Oliver Alawuba

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