419 scam: Uba Williams <dip.aguvecollins@gmail.com> I hope you are doing well Today ?

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- ogwuekwenye@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Uba Williams <dip.aguvecollins@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ogwuekwenye@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:01:59 +0100
Subject: I hope you are doing well Today ?

Hello Dear,

I hope you are doing well Today ?

My name is Uba Williams, a Business Magnate and Investor from Nigeria . I
contacted you in the past for a transaction of $350,000,000.00 USD ( Three
Hundred and Fifty Million United States Dollars ) investment in your
Country.

I am very happy to inform you that I have completed the transaction with
the assistance of another personality from Japan.

However, I did not forget your past efforts. I deposited a sum of
$2,800,000.00 ( Two Million Eight Hundred United States Dollars ) with
United Bank for Africa ( UBA) under your name. And I would like you to
contact Mr. Ogwu Ekwenye the Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for
Africa ( UBA) via his private email address here ( ogwuekwenye@gmail.com)
So they can process the release of the $2,800,000.00 to you.

I want you to make use of the $2,800,000.00 ( Two Million Eight Hundred
United States Dollars ) for yourself when you receive it.

I told Mr. Ogwu Ekwenye the Managing Director/CEO of United Bank for Africa
( UBA) that you will contact him and I know they must be expecting to read
from you by now.

Sincerely,
Uba Williams.

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