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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <obank399@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:05:23 -0800
Subject: payment of USD$10.5M for you

ECO BANK
ECOBANK BUILDING 8TH FLOOR,
VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS-NIGERIA
Phone: +2348030977875

Our Ref: STB/IRD/SBX/021/14

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.
Dear: ????? ??

This is to officially inform you that your over long awaited contract/inheritance fund

has been finally approved through Guarantee Trust Bank. We are now paying you off via

our self payment centre as part payment of USD$10.5M so please find below your new

account details with us as we have opened a non resident bank account for you to

enable you make transfer from your local account with us to your nominated bank

account.

Bank: ECO BANK OF NIGERIA
Address: ECO Bank Building 8th floor Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Account number: 100003456789
Swift Code number: ACMADDK
Routing /ABA #: 0212456251

Your approved fund has finally been downloaded in our system you can now make the

transfer of your fund personally to any of your desired account through our digitized

pay yourself payment centre P.Y.P.C. this method is to safe guard customers fund and

adequate security it is called electronic digitized payment system.

Your are personally confirm your payment in your account in the next 24 hours we

implore you to dial +2348030977875 direct from your phone and you shall require to

enter your account NO: 100003456789 then enter your four digit PIN NO: XXXX then you

shall require to enter your personal account number for confirmation you need to

urgently do that as soon as you receive this e-banking pay yourself payment

downloaded.

Please confirm your fund and get back to us through this email:

(ocenicankk08014@yahoo.fr)

Best Regard,

MR. BEN MORDI
Foreign Remittance Director
Eco Bank Of Nigeria
Direct Phone: +2348030977875

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