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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: "eccobankplc@terra.es" <eccobankplc@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 16:14:55 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ECO-BANK PLC



ECO-BANK PLC
Plot 697 Amodu Tijani Street ,
Off Sanusi Fafunwa Street , Victoria Island
BENIN REP WEST AFRICA .
DO CONTACT US NOW ON THIS EMAIL
ECCOWASBANKPLC@YAHOO.CA
OR CALL US ON THIS NUMBER
+234 1 40 88 20 3



ATTENTION


MY NAME IS MR KOFFI BUCKNOR , DIRECTOR OF FORIEGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT OF THIS BANK.RECENTLY, ONE MRS CYNTHIA EDWARD CAME TO MY OFFICE TO LET US
KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEAD,

AND BEFORE YOU DIED,YOU INSTRUCTED/ASSIGNED HER TO CLAIM YOUR
FUNDS IN THE TUNE OFUS$4.5MILLION THAT WAS LONG ABANDONED IN YOUR NAME.
SO HERE COMES THE BIG QUESTION:

(1)DID YOU ASIGN/INSTRUCT (MRS CYNTHIA EDWARD) TO CLAIM YOUR
FUNDS?


(2)ARE YOU THROUGHLY DEAD?

IF NO, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVICE AS A MATTER OF URGENCY TO
RECONFIRM THE DETAILS OF THIS MESSAGE/MAIL WITHING 42HOURS, HENCE YOUR FUNDS IN THE TUNE OF
US$4.5MILLION WILL BE WIRED/TRANSFERED INTO HER ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.
LASTLY, YOU ARE ADVICE TO RECONFIRM THE DETAILS OF THIS MESSAGE
AND GET BACK IMMEDIATELY WITH THE INFORMATION BELLOW:


FULL NAME .................................


TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................


FAX...none.................................


MOBILE NUMBERnone..........................


RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.. .....................


AGE........................................


OCCUPATION../..............................


BUSINESS TYPE..............................


BANK DETAILS...............................


BANK NAME..................................


ADDRESS. ..................................


BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER........................


ROUNTHING NUMBER...........................


ACCOUNT TYPE...............................

NOTE THAT ALL THIS INFORMATIONS MUST BE PROVIDED FOR RECOMFIRMATION TO ENABLE US WIRE YOUR FUNDS INTO YOU PERSONAL ACCOUNT. EALSE,YOUR FUNDS WILL BE WIRED INTO HER ACCOUNT

WITHOUT ANY FORDER DELAY.

WE WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY TODAY

WITH BEST REGARDS,

MR KOFFI BUCKNOR
DIRECTOR OF TELEX DEPARTMENT.
ECO-BANK PLC.
+234 1 40 88 20 3
ECCOWASBANKPLC@YAHOO.CA






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