419 scam: "Eco-Bank Plc"<ya.info89@yandex.com> Attention beneficiary.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mr.shehujafiya113@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eco-Bank Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.shehujafiya113@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 18:14:13 +0100
Subject: Attention beneficiary.

Attention beneficiary;

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contact inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out
that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you
in respect to your contract /inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials
in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know,
we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific,
which is then instruction given by the Ministry Of Finance Nigeria.

This BANK will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an A.T.M MACHINE in any part of the
world, but the maximum is ($7,500.00) seven Thousand five hundred Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to receive
your fund this way, $7,500 usd for you to withdraw for a day and each transaction is $ 3,000usd minimum which you have to
withdraw $7,500 usd for one working day also be informed that the total amount in the SWIFT ATM CARD is $8.5MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS

(1) Your Full Name ==========================================
(2) Your Address===========================================
(3) Phone Number===========================================
(4) Age and Occupation======================================
(5) Copy of your driver License=====================================

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office. On
this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with any new
development. Please write to me direct on
( mr.shehujafiya113@gmail.com )

Thanks for your co-operation.
Mr. Shehu Jafiya
Eco-Bank Nigeria Plc
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