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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.
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:
Fraud email example:
From: "ECOBANK PLC" <ecobank@ecobank.com.ng>
Reply-To: ecobankplc_nig2007@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:17:26 +0100
Subject: SCAM $100,000 BENEFICIARIES
ECO-BANK PLC
ECOBANK/UNITED NATIONS 2007 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS
PAYMENTS.
DIRECTOR
ATTN: SIR/MADAM,
SCAMMED VICTIM/ $100,000 BENEFICIARIES.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE: ECB/06654 $100,000 USD.
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from
the UNITED NATIONS in Central Bank to pay 150 victims of
scam $100,000 USD (One Hundred Thousand Dollars) each. You
are listed and approved for this payment as one of the
scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to this
office as soon as possible for the immediate payments of
your $100,000 USD compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, want you to know that
during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was
alarming on the money lost by various individuals to the
scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world
today. In other to compensate victims, the UNITED NATIONS
Body is now paying 150 victims $100,000 USD each in
accordance with the UNITED NATIONS recommendations. Due to
the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the
payments are to be paid by Central Bank Nigeria as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by The
Rabo Bank, based in London UK. for funds remittance.
Benefactor of this compensation will have to be first
cleared and recommended for payment by ECO BANK PLC.
According to the number of applicants at hand, 114
Beneficiaries has been paid, over a half of the victims are
from the United States, we still have a pending of 36
compensations left to be paid. Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one
of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned
not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any
reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they
are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been
contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny
and possible consideration.
You can receive your compensations payments via any of this
options you Choose, DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS or DIRECT WIRE
TRANSFER.
We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get
response from you.
Send a copy of your response to official email:
NAME: IYAMAH SYLVANIUS.
SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE:
ECB/06654 $100,000 USD.
Email: ecobankplc_nig2007@yahoo.es
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Joan Udoh
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