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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: "OFFICE FILE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hon.mackjohn001@rocketmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 02:00:54 +0300
Subject: PAYMENT!!..

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to let you know that we have received an instruction from the
United Nation by orders of the Ministry of Finance To
release your Approved payment of US$20 Million Dollars via ECOBANK
ATM VISA CARD which you will use to withdraw your US$20 Million Dollars
from any ATM Machine in any part of the world.

I must thank you and assure you that ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD number
527478364 4673648 748; has been approved and upgraded in your favor this
morning. The amount upgraded in the ATM CARD is US$20 Million
Dollars,and your secret pin number is 8081, Right
now, Invitation have been extended to you to visit ECO BANK London
for collection of your ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD
and PIN NUMBER
so that you can activate it by yourself and start withdrawing funds from
any ATM Machine in your country but the amount you can

withdraw in a day is $10,000, per day as we have programmed
it.Alternatively, if you are unable to visit ECO BANK of
London for collection of this your ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD and PIN
NUMBER, you must therefore apply for the ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD and
PIN NUMBER to be sent to you via our diplomatic courier service at your
own expenses by offsetting the following payments such as;1) Shipment fee
of the ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD to your address amounting to US$150.00.
2) Insurance Coverage of the ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD amounting to USD
$100.00.

Both payments is the sum of US$250.00 must be paid to enable us ship the
ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD to your address to enable you start withdrawing
your US$20 Million Dollars from any ATM machine in any
part of the world.
This ECO BANK ATM VISA CARD must be insured so that it can get to you
without any problem and diversion. This is because this ATM CARD that can
be use to withdraw funds from any ATM Machine in every part of the world.

Secondly the officer in charge is .Hon Mack John, contact them via bellow Email
with all your detail, by contacting them to Atm card payment center
of{ECO Bank Plc}, so contact the ATM swift card center on this
email.(hon.mackjohn001@rocketmail.com) the general manager name Hon Mack
EGO.Telephone number +447024026709

And make sure you do forward to them your full information;s such as.1)
your full name.2) Address where you want them to send the card through
diplomatic courier Service (P.O Box not accepted). 3) Your full name and
total amount you are expecting, Instead of losing your
fund. 4} you;re
direct telephone numbers. 5} A copy of your international passport.

Please indicate to the card center the total sum you are expecting and for
your information, you have to stop any further communication with any
institution or office until you receive the Atm card. Note: because of
impostors, we hereby issue you, your pin code of conduct tag number, which
is (8081) so you must have to indicate this code when contacting the card
center. We await your urgent response.So, if you cannot come to ECO
BANK of London for collection of your ECO BANK ATM VISA
CARD, you must therefore kindly go right now To western union and send this shipment and insurance fee of US$250.00 via Western
Union Money transfer with our cashier details presently in MALAYSIA, below And write your MTCN number
down and your sender name bellow down the details

NAME: HUSSAIN FATIMAH
ADDRESS: No 7 LEBOH WILAYAH BOND AVENUE, KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

As soon as the fee is received, we shall immediately dispatch the ECO
BANK ATM VISA CARD to you and it will take only 2 days to arrive to your
address to enable you start withdrawing funds that same day from any ATM
machine nearest to you. Thanks for your understanding and we are waiting
for your quick reply and the payment information.

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