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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: "Eco Bank Nigeria Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecobanknigeriadrbenardobi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 07:41:06 +0100
Subject: Re: Treat As Urgent

Eco Bank Nigeria Plc.
South-East Regional Head Office,
#19, Ogui Road Lagos State Nigeria.


This Email is intended for the named recipient only and may contain privileged and confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. Please do not disclose the contents to anyone or copy it to outside parties. Thank you.


Dear Customer,

I was in receipts of your e-mail, well I want you to know that you will only be required to get some documents to have this funds transferred into your account.

Firstly, to confirm the following personal Information?s forwarded to me from the Senate President, please re-confirm to be sure what I have is valid so we can proceed immediately to the next stage of the transaction.

Legal First & Last Name:
Complete Residential Address:
Direct Telephone numbers with Fax if available:
Occupation, Address of Occupation and Position.

Send these details to me ASAP. Secondly, we currently have 2 available payment modes here in our office and officially approved by the World Bank Payment Group to be used in releasing the payment to you.

The payment options are as follows,

1: Payment by International Bank to Bank wires Transfer.
2: Payment by ATM Card.

Requirements for Wire Transfer please provide the below info for wire transfer of funds into your account if that?s your choice.

Bank Name & Address:
Account Name & Number:
Routing number with Swift Code if present.
Bank Telephone #:
Bank Account Limit:

2: Payment by Atm Card.

Your funds can also be paid to you via an ATM! Card from Eco Bank Plc. The Pin along with your Full Name printed on the card will be delivered to you in an envelope and other instructions will be in the file. Send us the below also so we can proceed with that mode of payment.

Full Name:
Completed Residential Address:
Direct tel#.
Please get back to me with any of your preferred mode of payment, do not forget to confirm the personal information?s and also provide the needed information?s for the payment of US$10M either via Transfer or Delivery of the Atm.

Get back to me as quickly as possible so we can proceed with the transaction and complete it within the next 48hrs as given to me by the Foreign Payment Board.

Thanks for your good understanding, hope to hear from you soon.

Yours Sincerely,


DR BENARD OBI
MD/CEO OF
ECO BANK NIGERIA (EBN).
E-MAIL:ecobanknigeriadrbenardobi@yahoo.com

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