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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: "Surain Leong" <surainl@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:58:58 +0700
Subject: Re:Receipt of tendered application as next of kin to Late Engr. J.C. LEONG

To whom it may concern,

Please see attachment for 419 scams.

Thanks.

 

Our Ref: ecobank-lomex4/oxx-quest/2005


Your ref..............................                                          Date: 28th November, 2005

To:SURAIN LEONG ABDULLAH,[NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGINEER J.C. LEONG]  

Refrence to your application letter received today,please can you notify this office through this email address contact if you will be willing to travel down to West Africa to handle this issue yourself and get your $8Million inheritance claim deposit released to your nominated bank account through the Global Financial Trust Security dormant account vault with this office. But whereby you were not able to fly down here in Lome Togo personnaly for any signing,then you may apply for the services of a bank attorney later if the need maybe.

Hence the below 2 stated original documents are urgently needed from you today for the immediate processing,release/release of your $8Million claim deposit funds made with this bank by your deceased cousin LATE ENGINEER J.C. LEONG through the Global Financial Trust Security vault account number deposit with this bank.

(i) DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE AGREEMENT WITH GLOBAL FINANCIAL TRUST SECURITY TOGO.
(ii) DEATH CERTIFCATE OF LATE ENGINEER J.C. LEONG.

The above stated documents should be forwarded to this office urgently to enable the immediate approval, processing and release of your $8Million inheritance funds deposit to your nominated bank account overseas.

We appreciate your corporation as we verify this transfer officialy from this department of this bank.

Thanks for your understanding!!

Management!!!

Foriegn Remmittance Department
Ecobank Lome Togo (Annex)

KINDLY GO THROUGH THE BELOW QUESTIONAIRE, FILL IT WITH THE CORRECT NEEDED INFORMATION AS IT WAS WRITTEN BY YOUR LATE COUSIN ON THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND EMAIL IT TO THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AS WE WILL NOT ENTERTAIN ANY DELAY IN THIS MATTER. 


                                                QUESTIONAIRE:

SUBJECT:RECEIPT OF TENDERED APPLICATION AS NEXT OF KIN:


In accordance to our banking rules and allied matters of 1962 as amended in 1996, such claims from this bank are determinable with this category ~{!0~}A~{!1~} official questionaire. You are therefore adviced in your own interest to fill in the under-listed information as it was written in the deceased file jacket in our bank. Note: That we will not tolerate any delay, mistakes, erasure or cancellation! as it may lead to the non approval of your tendered application.

The questions are:

1)State the full name of the deceased....................................?
2)State his native country.....................................................?
3)State his occupation/profession..............................................?
4)State clearly the date the deceased died and what lead to his death.................................?
5)State the type of account he ran with us, the amount on it as of the time of his death..........? 6)Was the deceased married..........? if yes state his wife name and how many children............?
7)Was the deceased residing in this country......? if yes state his residential address............?
8)Was the deceased a member of any registered organisation here in LomeTogo.................?
9)How old was the deceased before his death................................................?
10)Secret question..........................? and answer.......................?


Any other valid information will be helpful in the approval of your claim. You are advised to answer the above listed questions exactly as it was written in the deceased security file jacket and have it send to this office at most possible time as our procedure implies.

Best regards,

DR MRS CHANTAL AYAH.
DIRECTOR, FOREIGN REMMITTANCE DEPT.
ECOBANK TOGO, WEST AFRICA.

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