419 scam: "Pedro Ubahka" <office1@ncmdevelop.co.za> Dear Customer

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Pedro Ubahka" <office1@ncmdevelop.co.za>
Reply-To: pedrouba2001@yahoo.co
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 11:18:19 -0500
Subject: Dear Customer

Dear Customer,

We have recovered your outstanding funds and received an Irrevocable

Approval Order from the funds Origin to release the funds to you. Kindly

confirm to us without delay if you are the owner of the $6.5M usd left

and floating in our suspense account ready for transfer but we cannot

immediately see the name and bank particulars of the receiving customer

due mixed up in your Payment folder.

Hence this bank is here to serve our foreign customers satisfactorily,

we will be much honored to get your particulars back for an onward

release/transfer of the funds to your account. Let us have your phone

numbers, mailing address and your identification.

Thanks,

Yours faithfully,
Pedro Ubahka
Manager Foreign Operations,
Barclays Bank, London

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