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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: stephen eloho <eloho_stephen1967@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:50:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply back to help me.


From:Dr.Eloho Stephen
Director;Audit/Account unit,
Foreign Remittance,
Eco-bank of Africa Plc
Nigeria.
Email id:eloho_stephen1967@yahoo.com

                      Please Treat AS Absolutely Confidential..
 
MY name is Dr.Eloho Stephen,i am one of the senior managers in the bank i work for ECOBANK of AFRICA Nigeria and i work under the director of foreign exchange operations [ECOBANK of African plc.]

I am contacting u presently because i need your urgent
assistance in a business transaction that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

I
have the immediate need to transfer some money that has long been
declared -UNCLAIMED-bythe chairman and some members of the board of
directors of our bank.The money is the closing balance of one of our
best customers who died in the crash.I was his personal
account
officer just before he died in the ADC plane crash of 1997 in
Abidjan.He is a Japanese citizen , a contractor with the federal
government of Nigeria he supplied and installed equipment and his
company creek contractors completed some of the best construction
contract in country.His closing balance in the bank ,us14dollars has
been tagged unclaimed because no relative of him came forward to make statement of claim. we have no knowledge of next of kin.
 
At
this point i trust u can picture what the situation is like. We have
strongly proof that the chairman the board of directors will keep most
of the money for themselves and donate the remainder to a discredited
military trust in Nigeria.This invariably is an attempt to infuse more
money into the acquisition of military equipment [arms and ammunition]
for use in an already prostrate Africa
.This is of course ,is senseless hence my mission.My self have made
several attempt at locating persons that could be remotely related to
him and we have been doing this for about years now.

Right
now I am almost alone in this enterprise and I have presently decided
on moving the money to any foreign account. I am hereby soliciting your
assistance and I will be very grateful if you will be willing to help
in this regard. I have worked out a plan to handle this transaction in
carefully followed stage. You will help by providing a safe bank
account into which the money will be paid and you will stand,as a next
of kin to the deceased,I will provide you with answers to security
question, which you will have to answer.I will also provide you answers
to questions that only a person related to him will know.

If
you follow my instructions closely, we will successfully conclude this
transaction in 14 working days. Every thing should be concluded on
telephone,email and fax between you and the bank.
 
For
your participation you will be commensurately compensated with 40%,10%
is set aside to settle all expenses incurred by both parties.50% will
be kept on trust in your account prior to my arrival for the sharing.
If you disagree,you should call me so that we discuss the compensation
among other primary details. I make this proposal in trust and in good
faith, therefore, if you are interested and you agree to assist me then
contact me immediately you receive this email, there is a lot more talk
about.If you are not interested, then,please,do get rid of email and
please forgive me if this massage has upset you in anyway.
 
Thank you and best
regards.
please contact me with this private email ID
DR. ELOHO STEPHEN.



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