419 scam: "ECONOMIC CRIME INTELLIGENCE BUREAU"<eric@melodygroup.com> STOP ALL TRANSACTION

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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:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "ecib-bj@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "ECONOMIC CRIME INTELLIGENCE BUREAU" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecib-bj@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 00:30:05 -0700
Subject: STOP ALL TRANSACTION

Dear recipient,

The Economic crime intelligence bureau in alliance with Africa Union enhanced by Government of member countries have been working towards eradication of scam merchants with the help of Interpol and assembly of world leaders.

We are pleased to announce to you that so many of these con artists in various parts of Africa which includes (Cote d’Ivoire, NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, and GHANA CAMEROON AND SENEGAL) have been apprehended.

They are presently in our custody and from investigations; we have retrieved some cash which will be shared among the 342 email contacts found on their computer hard drive.

In one of the suspect computer hard drive your contact was found that is why this email is directed to you and taking into account the retrieved funds, you are therefore being pay off with the sum of, Four hundred and forty six thousand dollars (USD 446,000.00 Dollars).

The transaction has been network and programmed for execution through one of the renowned international money transfer companies which our workforce has been commission to oversee the process to ensure transparency and equity in the exercise.

Kindly inform the Head of Operations of this notification letter and request for speedy remittance of your fund to you. Here is her contact.Name:Elizabeth Sossounhountoh mail ID: ecib-bj@yandex.com

We apologies for the inconvenience you may have experienced in respect to the subject matter and rest assured you will be pleased with the results.

Yours faithfully,

MR PASCAL DANTONDJI
DIRECTOR SURVEILANCE
ECONOMIC CRIME INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
(COTONOU-BENIN)

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