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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: "AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cole.steven8@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:25:45 -0800
Subject: Your Fund Transfer

 
 
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP
Eco Bank of Nigeria Plc
36 BROAD STREET, MARINA LAGOS,
African Development Bank (Eco Bank Plc)
Email-contact: eco.plc@financier.com
www.ecobank.com
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The Eco Bank Plc kindly write to inform you that the African Development Bank Group (ADBG) in conjunction with African Union (AU) has bought over all the foreign debts within the African region in what is called DEBT-BUY-BACK AGREEMENT. Under this circumstance we have recall all payment file within African Continent only. It was possibly due to the pressure from the International Community, American Government, World Bank and the IMF. Coupled with the Crisis in African countries had prompted our contact to you in this first quarter of the year 2011.
 
 
The Eco Bank Plc (www.ecobank.com) and (ADBG) are only working on the files approved by Solomon smith Banner as we have no trust on files submitted by local banks in Africa. All your data has been verified by SOLOMON SMITH BANNER.
 
Please note that this information's must be kept secret to avoid hackers entering into our data base and steal information of beneficiaries.
 
All payment process must be done in the bank; Back door transaction will not be accepted. No rigorous system involved. Payment should be on Bank to bank transaction, E-payment system.
 
You are required to reconfirm your information's correctly (Amount, Name, address, phone only), no bank details required at this stage.
 
Thanks for your cooperation
 
Cole Steven
Resident Representative
Multinational organization providing funding and technical assistance throughout Africa
 
Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (ADB) is the premier pan-African development finance institution fostering economic growth and social progress in Africa. The ADB mobilizes resources in and outside Africa and provides financial and technical assistance for development projects and programs in Africa. ADB has taken over all foreign debts own by African Countries, making sure that they use local banks to offset debts under DEBT-BUY-BACK AGREEMENT. At the continental level, the new vision of the ADB focuses on economic integration. At the country level, there are three broad priority themes: agricultural and rural development, human resource development and private sector development. Today, the ADB has a total of 77 member states comprising 53 regional (African) and 24 non-regional countries.
 
IMPORTANT: This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the African Development Bank Group (ADB BANK GROUP) and destroy the material in its entirety, whether it is electronic or hard copy format
 

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