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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 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.
  • ecobankofouga@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Ibrahim Amed Sankal" <ibrahimamedsankal1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 03:49:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE BANK WITH THE LITTER BELOW


My Dear Suzie,

Thanks for your reply, how is your family? I will want you to use this litter below to contact the management of this bank, to enable them forward to you the original text of application wish you will fill-in the necessary informations needed and return back to the bank, for approval of the fund and also to enable you make changes of the ownership as to received the total sum into your bank account on you’re name.

I'm very sorry for not have replied your mail since 18 sep , I 'm very sorry please go ahead contact the bank and as soon as your receive anything from the bank Please do call me for my advise on what to do next . please advise me on the areas of business in your country where i will invest my own share of the money, tell me more about youself.
I wait for your quick response,
Call me through this number +226 76 57 09 57.
Regard
Dr. Ibrahim Sankal
Mobile: +22676570957.


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DR. DUMN KOFFI
THE REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
ECOBANK OF AFRICA (E.C.O)
RUE2PLO T167KWAME NKRUMAH AVANU
TELE/FAX: (00226-50- 31-69-62)
Email:( ecobankofouga@excite.com )
OUAGADOUGOU / BURKINA-FASO/ ANNEX.
WEST AFRICA


Dear Sir,


I........................WISH TO APPLY AS NEXT OF KIN TO MY LATE BUSINESS PARTNER MR.ABDUL NASSER KHALED] A BUSINESS A BRINEL NATIONALITY WHO DIEDWITH HIS FAMILY IN PLANE CRASH ON NOVEMBER 2003, I AM PUTTING CLAIM OVER HIS BALANCE OF $15.5 MILLION DOLLARS(FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) IN ACCOUNT NUMBER ECO/OPSD/269732-41,REF NO:0.111555.000.UNTIL HIS SUDDEN DEATH.

I'M NOW DEMANDING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE TO SEND ME THE TEXT OF APPLICATION FORM WHICH I WILL FILL-IN MY BANK DETAILS WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.

I ALSO APOLOGISE FOR THE DELAYED IN DEMANDING FOR THE TEXT OF APPLICATION, IT WAS DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES SINCE MY BUSINESS PARTNERS DEATH.

THANKING YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.



YOUR NAME........................

YOUR TELEPHON.....................

YOUR E-MAIL...........................

YOUR NATIONALITY.........................


Yours Sincerely
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sign & stamped


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