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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: JAMES MIKE <support@dilbert.mi.net.au>
Reply-To: <obank399@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:06:31 -0700
Subject: YOUR FUNDS $15M THROUGH ONLINE BANKING

I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FUNDS OF $15,000.000 USD ($15M
USD)WAS DIRECTED TO ECO BANK FOR ONLINE BANKING TO YOUR
ACCOUNT.DO CONTACT THE ECO BANK (OBN) FOR ONLINE BANKING
NOW.

HERE IS THE BANK CONTACT DETAILS

BANK NAME ECO BANK
BANK PHONE(+22999280673)
E-MAIL:(ocenicankk08014@yahoo.fr)
CONTACT PERSON CHIEMERIE NWAFOR

DO CONTACT THEM THROUGH OR PHONE FOR THE ONLINE BANKING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.THEY CAN TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOU ONLY THROUGH BANK ONLINE TO
YOU TO AVOID ANY DELAY FOR YOUR FUNDS NOW.

JAMES MIKE

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