419 scam: "Hon. Tony O. Elumelu" <watanabe.tosikazu@olive.plala.or.jp> YOUR UNCLAIMED FUNDS $50.800,000.00 USD

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- hontonyoelumel001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. Tony O. Elumelu" <watanabe.tosikazu@olive.plala.or.jp>
Reply-To: hontonyoelumel001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 03:30:04 +0900
Subject: YOUR UNCLAIMED FUNDS $50.800,000.00 USD

From Desk Hon. Tony O. Elumelu Chairman Of UBA America
Bank address: 1 Rockefeller Plaza NY 10020 USA,
Valued Funds $50.800,000,00
Your Reference NBLU8409L22
Call for more info... +1(315) 605-2229
Email for more info $B!D(B. hontonyoelumel001@gmail.com

Dear respectful customer.

We have been authorized by the present president of World Bank Group Mr. Ajay Banga and the Governing Board of the United States treasury department to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment, to also recommend and approve your claims for the awarded payment of your funds $50.800,000 USD if the report of the unclaimed funds is genuine. However, we discovered that your funds have been unnecessarily delayed by some corrupt officials of the banks, the bank has also axed them from their office.

We have agreed with the authority that we will handle this transaction ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by those officials. Currently your Inheritance/Contract fund of $50.800,000 (Fifty Million Eight hundred thousand united state dollars) is now available in UBA America bank in New York and we have been giving order to Register UBA America online banking account in your name and issued UBA America ATM card in your name and ship it to your home address in other to withdraw and transfer your funds into any bank or withdraw your funds in any ATM machine over there.. In case you find this email on your email spam please I want you to understand that is because the email have a sign of dollars and remember that the maximum daily withdrawal limit is ten thousand US dollars (US$10,000.00).

Below is the information needed for now to proceed with the registration of your UBA America online banking account
1. Personal Details:
Full Name:
Current Address:
Age/Gender:
Occupation:
Direct Mobile Number:
Passport Copy, ID card or DL:

this matter is urgent, we look forward to hear from you as soon as possible
Email $B!D(B.. hontonyoelumel001@gmail.com
Telephone number.. +1(315) 605-2229

Thanks.
Best Regards.
Hon. Tony O. Elumelu
Chairperson of the United Bank for America
Email hontonyoelumel001@gmail.com

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