Is union bank of Nigeria related to yahoo lottery from UK and Ireland?

Question

A so called Lottery Agent Rev. Fr. Paul Anderson referred the union bank of Nigeria as medium of claiming the prize money ($300,000). Telephone numbers and fax were also send to my mail with the Bank contact person namely Director Dr. Mahmoud Lai Alabi.I was asked to call their office for enquires but only the secretary of that contact person was able to talk with me as Dr. Alai Alabi was not on duty.Until an hour later the contact person called me on my phone telling that they have received the requirements i have send and was confirmed and told me that the affidavit and certificate from their office was to send to mail saying about the claiming of prize but with money involve.. I was requested to send them $580 through money transfer @ unionbank to Mr. Osueke Collins Emeka..

Answer 1

This is a scam! It is all over and they claim to be out of Australia often. Don't give these primitive asses your information. Send them something very vulgar and call them many names.
Since our own FBI, FTC, and whatever government agency won't do anything about it, take the law of the internet in your own hands and let them have it.
Aside from kidnapping innocent oil workers, this is their favorite criminal act.

Answer 2

Look at the questions I have answered on this site in my info. There are so many winners there could not be enough money to pay them all.There is no International Lottery.This is a Nigeria scam. Yahoo/MSN, U.K. and Australian lotteries, football lotteries from the same counties, Global-Link, World Poverty, Microsoft, Free Lotto, which now seems to have it's own people answering gambling questions on this site claiming they have won which is a total lie, and hundreds more. I am a retired Police Officer that has years of experience investigating Internet scams and frauds. This is an old one. The common link to them getting your email is on line surveys. Yahoo does not give it's stock holders money away nor does it give it's email subscribers address's to lotteries. The only way to win in a lottery is to buy a ticket, if you didn't you could not possibly win. Here is the website of the 17 nation law enforcement task force that investigates cross border Internet crime. You may file a complaint there. www.econsumer.gov. Also go to www.ripoffreport.com and browse complaints and you will find many having the same doubts as yourself about these scams. Below is a typical scam and how they work it. They just go under a thousand different names. They are asking you to send a prepayment to collect your winnings and they want you to send it by a money wire service. Lotteries do not just pick your name out of thin air, and just so happen to have your email also. No Internet service provider gives their email list out to lotteries. If you did not pay to play you could not possibly win.

recieved letter of winning $65000.00 Pacific Player International lotteries,please contact claims agent miss linda strong at 204-951-7582. Second letter came with a check for the amount of $2,470.00 To deposited in my bank account for processing fee,a week later check cleared my bank. I contacted my claims agent over the phone she advise me to wire the balance of $2,341.00 to a Mr Edward Culwell in New York,New York.I called miss linda strong to advise her of the western union confirmation number,to date can not get in touch with linda strong just her voice mail, I know now that it was all a RIP-OFF and now Iam in the hole with $2,470.00 with my bank.... Please send HELP... THANK YOU VERY MUCH

Answer 3

From the above setting, this is pure 419 business. Forget them and their cronies. These are people who continually put Nigerians in the global map of dishonest people.

This telephone of a thing answered by the Secretary only for the boss to call you some time later a set up to make you believe and part with your hard-earned money.

Please, for God's sake, ignore them,