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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:

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 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348117683747

Fraud email example:

From: <scanner@62gob.ru>
Reply-To: info@ecobank.net23.net
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 12:56:29 +0100
Subject: Message

Mrs.Carman L. Lapointe
Under-Secretary- General
Office Of Internal Oversight Service
United Nations

Dear Beneficiary

This is to notify you that you are among the few newly persons that UN/IMF
In conjunction with Nigerian new elected president Muhammadu Buhari, has
re-considered to re-compensate once again for scam victim and unpaid
contract fund/inheritance after his visit to Obama in United States and
last G8 meetings

Therefore, you are hereby advise to contact our offshore payment center
bank in Africa, that we agreed to pay you through them, with your details
contact information where they will send you the fund worth $1.5million
dollars only, that has been approved by us.

We have three options in which you can receive it from the bank
(1) ATM CARD
(2) Bank To Bank Transfer
(3) By Draft.

just contact him on this information below here:

Bank name to contact: ECO BANK PLC
Contact person: Mr. Peter Amangbo
Contact email: info@ecobank.net23.net
Contact phone: +234-811-768-3747

And the only money you have to pay is $275 for the shipment delivery as
soon as you contact him please let me know.

God bless you.

Yours Faithful
Mrs.Carman L. Lapointe
United Nations
Under-Secretary- General
for Internal Oversight.

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