419 scam: Amanda Collins <veroplus131@gmail.com> YOUR ECO BANK FUND PAYMENT ORDER IS OUT

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money-gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22964798725 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Amanda Collins <veroplus131@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Amanda Collins <amandacollins@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 04:08:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR ECO BANK FUND PAYMENT ORDER IS OUT

ECO BANK HEAD OFFICE
(Foreign Department)
NO 47 ECO BANK PAYMENT ORDER
OFFICE SEME BORDER BENIN REPUBLIC.
COTONOU P.O Box 6699.

+229 647 98 725

Greetings from Amanda,
am very sorry for taken too much of your time at this moment but please
try to understand and bear with me as you go through this urgent
message, anyway my name is Dr Mrs. Amanda Collins I have tried to
reaching you on mail all this while, but you fail to respond back to
me.please be aware that your matter came to my desk which were dated
since on the 29-5-2015 (2) months ago, with the total funds of $2.5
Million United State Dollars, frankly speaking you are very lucky
because you are going to receive your first (8) Ref-control numbers of
$12,000 US Dollars.Your first (8) Ref-control numbers of $12,000.00 US
Dollars will help us confirm you are the one who truly relieved the
first payment,before the total transfer of 2.5 Million US Dollars to
your bank account

Because of volume of the fund. After responding to our mail,all this
while your transfer has been stop because it was under investigation of
money laundry by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation
and that was the reason your name were among those who were blacklisted,
but now we have settled your problem and removed your name from the
blacklist, so your funds is free for transfer and over to you now.

give
your workable phone number.......................for fund transfer text
alerts
And reconfirm your Name or next of kin name.
And baking info for the second payment

Please
do forgive me for taking much of your time for going through this mail
which you will conclude by saying that it is just a common thing to you
every-day if am not mistaken.
From our
observation we knew that at least you have encountered some impostors
who reached you in name of this commission which is impersonation,fake
and crime to our great commission and to you as person and this is true
clue from Ministry Of Information that this have been going since and
unaware to us.I am so sorry for all it might have caused you.Yes, I
agree with you that you have every right to decide not to make any
up-front payment if even we do ask for fees/charges from you because of
your past scam experiences and disappointment,you had in the past
through all this while.

But
I want to assure you that we are doing our very best to make sure that
we get those people arrested who are spoiling the image of our company
or who claim to be our staffs by using different name's to scam person
like you, we assure you that they will surely get arrested as soon as we
have full information's of their were-about.
But
the only thing you have to do now to receive your funds is as easy and
simple if only you urge to follow my advise,as a respectable and honest
woman, we normally gives 100% risk-free to all our customers with a
limited payment.

Due
to the amount scheduled for each day fund transfer.I have the right to
penetrate any office whenever our customer's find difficulties.
The
only thing we need from you is to obtain the (A.R.O) Authorization
Release Order Certificate, which will reflect in any Money-Gram Office
in your country, stating that you are not a victim or you are not a
party of money laundry, the (A.R.O) Authorization Release.Order
Certificate will only cost you the sum of $188 US Dollars (only)
remember that this is the only charges for you to pay before your (8)
Ref-control numbers of $12,000 US Dollars will be release to you today.

You are to send the requested fees via western union .

Receiver Name: MIKE MOZIE
Country: Benin Republic.
Code: +229
Question: Who
Answer: Mine
Amount: $188 USD
MTCN....................
Senders Name......
Country Origin.........

Please

try and make the $188 us dollars transfer as soon as possible and send
the complete payment details across to me.I hope to hear from you
soonest so that we can proceed with your transfer immediately .

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Amanda Collins

Managing Director Of (Foreign Department)

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