The "United Bank For Africa International Monetary Funds Payout" Scam

"From: UBA CFC Date: December 20, 2019 at 9:12:12 AM MST Subject: Ticket Received - Fwd: s52 United Bank for Africa (UBA) Reply-To: UBA CFC Dear Valued Customer, Thank you for contacting UBA, Africa’s Global Bank. We acknowledge receipt of your mail to us and the reference number 89565 has been created for easy tracking of your correspondence. Kindly expect an update within the next 24 hours. Did you know that you can submit your complaints, open an account, block your card, confirm & stop cheque, check your balance, request for your mini-statement of account amongst other banking transaction by clicking on the link below to access Leo, your virtual assistant?’ http://m.me/ubachatbanking Kindly note that UBA will never request for your full card number, PIN or Password via any medium. Please do not respond to such requests, and if you are in doubt, don’t hesitate to contact our Customer Fulfillment Centre at cfc@ubagroup.com, tweet @UBACares or call 01-2808-UBA i.e. 01-2808822, 01-6319822, 0700-CALL-UBA i.e. 0700 2255-822. Thank you for banking with us. Regards," Here is another scam.

"From: Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde Date: Sun, Sep 8, 2019, 6:44 PM Subject: From the office of (IMF) International Monetary Fund United States of America From the office of (IMF) International Monetary Fund United States of America Under the Desk of Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde Chairman and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and president of the European Central Bank. Attn Sir/Ma We the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Investigation Bureau Department in conjunction with other relevant Investigation agencies, we hereby to inform you that we recently received several reports through our Global intelligence monitoring networks that you had a transaction in Europe, Africa and Asia which wasn't accomplished after series of process and requires further procedures. Consequently we finally traced the location of your overdue compensation funds and ordered the dispatch or transmitting of the funds to a safe custody. United Bank For Africa Benin Republic, hence the mentioned Bank institute will be facilitating the transferring of the funds to you as soon as possible, this decision was made due to the rate of corruption and scam reports perpetrated by Individuals and Government offices, companies in,Europe,Asia,Africa therefore your funds was ordered to be moved or transferred to safe Bank immediately for safety. The transmission of the funds to United Bank For Africa Benin Republic was successfully executed today and we just received a confirmation from the United Bank For Africa Benin Republic that the funds valued the sum of $10.5M Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars was received by the Bank management, therefore we are officially contacting you in this regard by letting you know that your funds are presently at United Bank For Africa Benin Republic. Your fund was securely entrusted to United Bank For Africa Plc in Cotonou, Benin Republic today under a special supervision of Mr. Femi Fashola an experienced United Bank For Africa official who is to be conducting your payment henceforth. Therefore you are advised to contact the Bank representative with the information outlined below; United Bank For Africa Benin Republic Contact Person: Femi Fashola E-mails( ba9339561@gmail.com ) ( femifashola15@gmail.com ) Furthermore identification code TDKOFXXLTD was issued by United Bank For Africa management which you are required to indicate by using it as the subject of your email for verification or easy identification and the following information are also required; Your personal profile: Profession Full Names Age/S*x Country Home/Office address Current Phone number# Finally you are advised to completely terminate all your conversation or correspondent with any other individual, authority or office in UK,Europe,Asia, who claims to be in the custody of your funds because your funds was officially directed to United Bank For Africa today under our instructions therefore you should completely quit all conversations with any other individual or group except the United Bank For Africa Benin Republic. Comply with all their instruction and directives accordingly and they will transfer your funds without any delay. Warmest regards Christine Lagarde Managing Director IMF." Here is another scam.

"From: Mr.Al-Aziz Mohammed Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 03:45:26 PM GMT 2 Subject: Greetings My Dear Friend, Greetings My Dear Friend, Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and i Must apologize for barging this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this business and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise. Please this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it ok, with due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr.Al-Aziz Mohammed, from Burkina Faso, West Africa. I work in United Bank for Africa (UBA) as telex manager, please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person and let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it is a top secret. For more information, please contact me with this my private email address: mr.al.azizmohammed@outlook.fr I am about to retire from active Banking service to start a new life but I am skeptical to reveal this particular secret to you as a stranger. You must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because we are not going to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transferring to foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act; I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to control. They laundered over $5billion Dollars during the process. Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted ($10.5million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars) has been laying waste in our bank and I don’t want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver (a foreigner). The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a reliable bank account where the funds can be transferred. For more information, please contact me with this my private email address: mr.al.azizmohammed@outlook.fr You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money and did not face any problems. This is my chance to grab my own life opportunity but you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any leakages as no one in the bank knows about my plans. Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this project, I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for further information. Thanks with my best regards. Mr.Al-Aziz Mohammed, Telex Manager United Bank for Africa (UBA) Burkina Faso" Here is another scam.

"From: JIM YONG KIM Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 12:03 am Subject: Your Urgent Response is Needed To: WORLD BANK) Head Office The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20433 U.S.A. Debt Release Funds. Our Ref:-4C9X0UE3X0 ATTENTION; FUND BENEFICIARY. We hope this notification arrives meeting your good health and mind. WORLD BANK in conjunction with some other relevant investigation agencies here in the United STATES of AMERICA have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you have an over-due payment in tone of (FIVE Million Five hundred thousand United States dollars). with UNITED BANK OF AFRICA NOTE: There are numerous scam emails on the internet, impostor impersonating names and images. We therefore warn our dear citizens to be very careful with any claim email you receive prior to these irregularities so that they do not fall victim to this ugly circumstance anymore. And should in case you are already dealing with anybody or office claiming that you have a payment with them, you are to STOP further contact with them immediately in your best interest and contact the real bank Union BANK of AFRICA only where your fund is laying, with the below information: Bank Name: UNION BANK OF AFRICA NAME: Mr Frank Obi DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT DEPARTMENT/REMITTANCE Email: bankbk119@gmail.com Contact the bank today and furnish them with this information below for processing of your payment/funds accordingly.we will be monitoring your transaction till you receive your over due payment,this is the agreement between united nations and European union/America government to ensure smooth transaction and stop scam.do not say we did not contact you,united nations is also monitoring with IMF unit to make sure all goes well.just make sure you follow any instruction giving to you,you must receive your fund under 7 bank working days just watch and see, seeing is believing . FULL NAME: CURRENT ADDRESS: DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER: NOTE: In your best interest, any message that does not come from the above email address should be nullified and avoided immediately for security reasons. SIGNED JIM YONG KIM WORLD BANK GROUP PRESIDENT" Here is another scam.

Here is another scam: "From: Mr.Kennedy Uzoka Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2019 8:56 AM To: Recipients Subject: greeting's.! UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA NIGERIA HEAD OFFICE ADDRESS U.B.A HOUSE 57 MARINA P.O. BOX 2406 LAGOS NIGERIA PHONE: 2349035432417 On behalf of the board and management of International Monetary Funds (IMF). In conjunction with Organization of African Unity (O.A.U) has directed us to pay you one Million five hundred thousand united state dollars ($1.500, 000.00) in Cash through means of diplomatic courier service hand delivery. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and FBI. We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana and Senegal with cote d'ivoire ) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice. Note: You have to stop communicating with the impostors right now and you have to stop sending money to them and stop responding to their emails, we are acting according to the Directive from UN, FBI, HLS, so any email you send to them will be monitored. Take note: Three thousand united state dollars (usd$3,000) have been Mapped out for all expenses in taxes and other documents that matters. Kindly forward your home address and direct phone number to this email: mrkennedyuzoka6@gmail.com Regards, Kennedy Uzoka Direct cash processing unit United band for africa.(U.B.A) phone: 2349035432417 FAX: 234 674 478 8273 Email: mrkennedyuzoka6@gmail.com"

Here is another scam: - Original Message - Subject: COMPASSION FUND OF $5.5 MILLION DOLLARS Date: 03/16/2019 5:36 pm From: MR OSCAR EMEKA To: jamesanth1122@gmail.com Reply-To: emekaikee21@gmail.com UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA NIGERIA H OFFICE ADDRESS UBA HOUSE 57 MARINA PO BOX 2406 LAGOS NIGERIA PHONE 234 8149536276 Greetings, I must say that i have an enormous respect for you, considering the manner in which i have made contact with you. I sincerely apologize for sending this sensitive information via email instead of a certified mail, phone call or face-to-face conversation, it is due to the urgency and importance of the security information involved. I'm Mr. Oscar Emeka, Director Cash Processing Unit (CPU), United Bank for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF) in conjunction with Organization of African Unity (OAU) has instructed us to pay you FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS $ 5,500, 000.00) in Cash through means of diplomatic courier service hand delivery. Take Note: Three thousand united states dollars (USD $ 3,000) has been mapped out for all expenses, therefore kindly forward your home address and Direct phone number, to this email: EMEKAIKEE21@GMAIL.COM For more details please call phone number 234 8149536276 Thanks Congratulations MR OSCAR EMEKA DIRECTOR CASH PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA

Here is another scam: "From: United Bank for Africa <1111805@honey.ocn.ne.jp> Date: March 15, 2019 at 4:15:50 PM MST Subject: Attn: Fund Beneficiary. Reply-To: United Bank for Africa United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Foreign Operations Department, Office Address: Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Maryland, Ikeja Lagos Nigeria., Lagos, Nigeria. Our Ref: Payment Approval File No: FGN/NNPC/IMF/BATCH#9271000 Reference Code: 20199 Attn: Fund Beneficiary. This is to inform you that we received an immediate Payment Order from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executives, to release your outstanding payment sum of $9,500,000,00 USD within the next three (10) working days to you. We have been mandated to settle every outstanding foreign debts, owned by the Federal government of Nigeria, on Contract payment, Inheritance payment and other external debts, including lotteries and compensation payments, which you are listed as a beneficiary in the payment schedule for this batch. This payment mandate came directly from The World Bank Headquarters, In Washington, D.C,United States of America. Your name is on the payment list, based on established International debts report and financial statistics database, verified by the Debt Management Office (DMO) of Nigeria confirming the authenticity of your debt origination from Nigeria (West Africa). The money was approved to you and a payment approval certificate was also issued in your name, which makes you the legitimate beneficiary of the fund. We have been authorized to release the funds to you with immediate effect, So we urge you to reconfirm your claim information for verification to enable us process your payment immediately. 1. Your Full Names 2. Your Resident Address 3. Your Cell/Phone Numbers 4. Your country: 5. Your city: Contact me though this e-mail: [ ubapaymentbank@yahoo.com ] to enable us release the funds to you as instructed. Expecting your immediate response. Yours Sincerely, Mr. Victor Osadolor, The International Remittance Officer, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Lagos, Nigeria."

Here is another scam: "From: United Bank for Africa Date: March 11, 2019 at 3:18:49 AM MST Subject: Personal Information for fund Transfer Request! Reply-To: United Bank for Africa From United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Address of Corporate Headquarters Carrefour des trois Banques Avenue Pape Jean Paul II, Lagos, Nigeria Tel; 2348137058988 Attention Beneficiary, Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Contract and Inheritance Payment From 2010 years ago till 2018 Records. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past 6 good Years,You have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters In Cotonou-Benin Republic,Ghana,Spain,London UK and even Togo who have been impersonating likes of Courier Companies,Western Union & Bankers, none officials of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA),And some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (EFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors/Fraudsters. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication Completely with any one not referred to you by us United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment total US$6,900,000.00 has been released to you via a custom pin based ATM-card with a maximum withdrawal limit of $20,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). We have advised that this should be the only way at which you are to receive your payment because it’s more guaranteed than any other means and what a joy that I will deliver the ATM-Card directly to you with the PIN Access Codes and The good News is that You will makes use of the ATM-Card in my Presence by using the ATM-Card to Withdraw to Confirm it Life, Please Be Noted that over $5 billion was lost on fake cheque For past years. We give you 100% Guarantee over this Card, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your US$6,900,000.00 United States Dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as it’s our duty to protect you and Your Property. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owned to people which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation And its citizens as he has always believed “Our Time for Change has come” because “Change can happen To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to Be In Contact with United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) via email & Phone always for their requirement to proceed and procure your Affidavit of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf. Please Reply with this details Below: Your full Name: Your Country: Your Address: Home/Cell Phone: Please This Details above will help us to Secure and know that You are right Beneficiary to receive this Card, It is very necessary and You Finish us all this Info's on receipt of this message. Email: ( dmaf01@citromail.hu ) Executive Director: Dr.Meka Ayo Frank. We Promise to Serve you better, Thanks and My Regards to your Family. Dr.Meka Ayo Frank Executive Director Federal Republic of Nigeria Call; 2348137058988"

Received this scam: "From: MR JOHNSON WILLIAMS Date: 6 March 2019 at 9:57:41 pm AWST To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: RE: $10.5Million, ATM Master Card Payment Reply-To: johnsonwilliams1789@gmail.com ...program into a ATM VISA CARD in case you do not want Bank to Bank Wire Transfer {KTT}. positive response. Get back to me immediately you receive this mail for inward transaction. Waiting for your Urgent respond to my email:johnsonwilliams1789@gmail.com or call 234-7059958315 Yours Faithfully, MR JOHNSON WILLIAMS Director ATM Department UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (U.B.A) MY Email:johnsonwilliams1789@gmail.com"