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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:

Fraud email example:

From: john adu <ecobankghana2005@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:42:45 -0800
Subject: FROM ECO BANK GHANA DR.JOHN ADU

* Eco Bank Limited (EBG)
**
**PRIVATE
MAIL BOX NO 26
MERIDIAN
HOUSE
ACCRA GHANA CENTRAL
ACCRA GHANA
WEST AFRICA.PHONE:
+233246547427
ECO BANK
GHANA (EBG)
**
Attention Dear
I am writing you to confirm on the receipt that your funds was In our
custody approximately
15.5 million America dollars which will be transfer to your account or
will be configured into an ATM Card and send to you , through this
department of this bank ,foreign operations/telex department of the ECO
BANK GHANA LIMITED, bank Accra Ghana . *

*In additional ,be informed that your funds was guaranteed by the west
Africa monetary agency before depositing to our suspense which have made
it impossible for any individual ,bank or official to deduct even a
cent from the source funds. *
*

Before any money can live the bank account you have to open NON Residential
Account in the bank and that cost you the sum of $250 to open the account,
so that I can transfer the money for the bank account to the account that I
have open for you so that if you have someone to pay in the country after
you have open the account with the bank I can give any amount of money to
any one that you have ask me to give money to in the country here.

Be advised that this bank will not welcome any third party to these funds.
And be informed that this departmental direct line work 24hours Monday
till Saturday
Note that by your responds to this email
The swift activation form will be send to you before the transfer of your
funds to your nominated account or configured into an ATM CARD and send to
you .in not more than 3 working days. What ever options you choose .which
will be filled in the swift activation form.
You are free to call me anytime on )I have waiting for your responds
C/O: DR. Adu (GENERAL TRANSFER MANAGER), Eco bank in Ghana .

wait for your call so that i can open the account for you so that i can
transfer the money to the account that i have open for you now and after
that I can make the transfer to your bank account bit by bit the sum of
$250,000 dollars in each transfer everyday and send the transfer slip to
you.

For the money that you have paying for the open of the account after make
the total transfer to your bank account you have going to find at that the
money that you have pay to open the account is transfer back to you. With
the total amount that you have in the bank.

Transfer back to you with the total amount that you have in the bank back
to you now.
This is the receive name that you have to use to make the payment of the
open of the account.

Receive name:(Edgar Steven )
Receive country Accra Ghana
And email me the information or call me with the information.

You have to call me with this number so that I can now what to do , you have
to send me your bank information to me so that I can use it for the transfer
the money to your bank account in your country and send the transfer slip to
you.

Dr. Adu John

Wait for you.
+233246547427
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