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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: Ecobank Ghana Limited <intergrity.zscbbank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 04:41:12 -0700
Subject: Urgent Attention Sir,

Ecobank Ghana Plc.
Head Office Branch, Spintex road
Accra, Ghana.
Tel: +233 231 489 934
P.O.BOX 3207.
For Quick and fast response/Email:
bank.e@fastservice.com
Hours (Weekdays) 8.30am - 4.30pm
Hours (Sat) 9am - 2.30pm
Hours (Sun) closed

Urgent Attention Sir,

Season greetings from Ecobank Ghana Plc. This notice is coming directly to
you from the remittance department of the Ecobank management. We are glad
to inform you that your fund amount $28 000,000.00 (twenty eight million
united state dollar) has been released and order to be transfer to you
immediately with immediate effect. We bring this to your understanding that
this fund originated from your pending fund put together from different
bank by the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) in partnership
with the United Nation for helping Africa refugee some years back. This
fund has been wandering about moving from one bank to the other to make
sure they transfer it to your account peacefully without any problem. We
have contacted you earlier on how to transfer this fund directly into your
bank account but you were unable to respond to us and follow our banking
principles. So many other beneficiaries have come to their senses and
contacted us and they have experience the difference and changes in their
lives today. Few are grateful with appreciation while others are greedy and
never contacted me after i have helped them to get what they have been
fighting for.
According to the record in your statement of your account here, we have
contacted you several times in the past but you keep focus your interest
and attention on those impostor who claimed to have some millions of
dollars to transfer to you as compensation and beneficiary but you were
carried away because of the big amount of money and turned your back on
what rightfully belongs to you. have you been able to received those
millions of dollars now???. i guess your answer is a big NO because some of
those impostors has been arrested by the Ghana Police and the National
Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) now and we also have a report of their
confession on how they cheated you.
However, we are writing to update you that on January 2014 your statement
of account 151xxx81 is as follow:

Account Reff: 151xxxxx81
StartBal: $28 000,000.00
Dep: $00.00
Wdr: $00.00
Endbal: $28 000,000.00.
Currency: USD.

The above account details has been authorized and validated to be transfer
to you by three (3) means only with immediately effect.

1. Swift wire transfer: You will provide your local bank details to us and
the fund will be transfer directly into your bank account in your country
with immediately effect.

2. ATM delivery: Your complete fund will be credited into an ATM card (
VISA,MASTER AND VERVE) and will be deliver directly to your door step by
our courier service confidentially.

3.Credit Card. You will send your credit card details to us and we will
credit your complete amount into your Credit Card instantly within 24 hours
and you will receive the bank alert on your mobile phone immediately.

Urgently get back to us immediately and indicate how you want your fund to
be transfer into your bank account immediately. You can also suggest to us
in simple means by which the money can come into your bank account that
suit your choice. Your fund has been authorized for immediate transfer by
the Central Bank of Ghana through the President and the Ghana Police
Service is actively under supervision of this. Do hesitate to response to
us quickly. This information is confidential for security reasons. don't
forward or transfer this email to 2nd party for your security and safety
purpose. send us your reply For Quick and fast response/Email:
bank.e@fastservice.com

Happy to serve you!

Dr.Adams Williams,
Managing Director.
Ecobank Ghana Limited.
Tel: +233 231 489 934
For Quick and fast response email/
bank.e@fastservice.com

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