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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Kenneth Hall <kenneth_hall93@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 15:58:39 +0000
Subject: VERIFY THIS ACCOUNT DETAILS OF $10MUSD
Ecowas Regional Foreign Payment Commission
Under the Supervision of United Nation's
Ecowas Approved Offshore Payment Center
Accra -Republic of GHANA
Attn,
Wire Transfer Payment Report To The Owner / Beneficiary
For the last time in our payment schedules, we humbly write to re-affirm
the truthfulness of the information of the beneficiary bank account as
confirmed to us from the Data Department and Safe Keeping Office of the
Ghana Government i want u confirm of this is your account u want the fund
to be transfer to.
BANK NAME: BEMO S..A.L. / BEIRUT / LEBANON BANK
ADDRESS: SASINE AQUARE – ASHRAFIA - BEIRUT - LEBANON BANK
FAX: +961-1-329351
ACCOUNT NO: 0020648 / BBSF.
ACCOUNT NAME:
SWIFT CODE: EUMOLBBE
AMOUNT: $10MUSD
The execution of your wire transfer would be carry out to the above bank
account as stated and therefore, before we do this conclusively we strongly
advice you to get back to this commission for possible re-affirmation or
otherwise.
This message is coming to you because of our bad experiences as a result of
contradictory and Multi-complicated information coming from Ghana where
your payment originated. You are therefore advised to expressly get in
touch with this commission for possible confirmation of your approved
payment to the above bank account as programmed already.
We deeply apologize for the delay in releasing your payment as directed.
Our Best Regards,
Dr Kenneth Hall
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