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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: Sir John McPherson <johnmcpherson415@yahoo.ie>
Reply-To: Sir John McPherson <ecobankafrica@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:14:15 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Claim Your Funds!


 
From: 
Eco Bank(Benin) 
International Payment Department, 
Cotonou, 
Benin Republic 
Email:ecobankafrica@yandex.com_________________________________ 
Attn: Valued Customer.  
FINAL NOTIFICATION ABOUT YOUR FUND OF $1.5 Million USD  
 We have today through our intelligence monitoring system dictated that you have a pending transaction worth 1.5 Million US Dollars held with the Federal Reserve System of our bank here and the money in question came from The United Nations Compensation promo in your name. 

 We want to find out why you have not received the funds to your account. According to the United Nations laws, it is a serious crime for someone to attempt an international  financial claim and drop it half way without completion and the United Nations  will not condone such an act from any person  because it destroys all international treaties. You have to get back to us urgently so that we can give you the legitimate guidelines on how to receive your funds without spending much money.  


Get back to us on this Email address at;ecobankafrica@yandex.com for easier communication. Be finally informed that any failure to respond to this notice will bring a cancellation of your payment file worth 1.5 Million US Dollars and have it returned back to government account here Cotonou, Benin Republic, so you have to cooperate with us by sending your personal details immediately! We are waiting for your response.  

Best Regards, 
Sir John Mcpherson, 
Account officer 
Eco Bank (Benin),Cotonou 
BENIN Section 3061

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