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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: "Senetor Bukola Saraki" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecobanknigplc52@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 01:03:50 +0100
Subject: From Ecobank Nig Plc

 
 
The reason we are contacting you is because according to your file here and in our central computer board here bear your email as the beneficiary  that owns this payment, before Mohammed Abdel-Rahman was trying to claim it, but his name is not here.
 
We are working according to instruction here, thank God that you are alive, your payment is coded we don’t have power to deduct a single dollar from your amount, you should know that you are not banking with our bank here,they brought your file here for us to release your full payment, and the instruction is to release your full payment and we should not deduct any single dollar from your money, any expenses will be paid from your pocket.
 
I’m a woman, I cannot lie to you at all, I will only tell you the truth because the truth will set me and you free, so you should comply with us and receive your payment.
 
You should know what is going on around the world, fraud, money laundry / ant- terrorists,so international monetary fund (IMF), United Nation, and the law of the bank here that any money above one million dollars must back up with document from high court.
 
we are waiting for your call today, but you should instruct us how you want to receive your payment, if you want to receive your payment through bank to bank wire transfer, you should send us your passport or any of your id card so that we can use it and open an online banking account here in our bank for you, so that you can transfer by yourself to any account all over the world through online banking.
 
 
After we open the account we will instruct you how you are going to make the transfer into your account .in anywhere in the world.
 
Call us immediately  on our direct phone number 2348127024484, Email: ecobanknigplc52@gmail.com .we are waiting for your urgent and try send us your direct telephone number and how you want to receive your fund.
 
If you don’t want to receive your payment here, you should contact the HSBC London email: hsbcforeignunit@protonmail.com telephone: +447452248255 introduce yourself your file is there too.
 
Regards
Mrs. Foluke Aboderin
For Ecobank Nig Plc 
Director of foreign payment
 
 

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