419 scam: Dr William Addo <imfdep@gmail.com> Attention dear foreign customer.

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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 united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- +22965772501 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr William Addo <imfdep@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Dr William Addo <www.ecobankcom@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 06:00:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention dear foreign customer.

Community 6, Vercal Plaza, Hospital Road Tema
P.O.Box 3207,Tel / fax; 00233 30292946
Mobile; +229-65772501
Benin Rep.

Attention dear foreign customer.

I'm Dr William Addo , MD/CEO Eco Bank PLC BENIN REPUBLIC. I'm contacting you in respect of your late refugee daughter from Libya that deposited a sum of [ $145,

millions ] united state dollars. due to dead of this young girl Pre-mature death, the minster of Africa and our entire government of our great country put stop order

that i should not transfer the funds to you since last year.

However, due to the conclusion of last meeting the minister of Africa refugee board of trustee have concluded that this your pending late refugee funds should be

transfer to you and they have given me the permission to transfer the funds to you successfully.

Rather, I've been so busy since these day and i said let me use this medium to write to you today and you know that i told you that your daughter is dead for so long

and the funds $145, million united state dollars has been deposited into an ESCROW ACCOUNT for so long and the account is dormant now and i could not be able to

transfer the funds from the escrow account direct to your bank account so we need to create a new account on your name so it will be easier me to transfer the fund to

your bank account successfully.

HERE ARE THE TYPES OF TRANSFER WE HAVE IN OUR BANK.

(1) ONLINE TRANSFER: In this case you need to set up an online account so that you will be able to transfer your funds yourself in your bank over there in your

country immediately you have come up amount $400 usd of money to set up the online account to you and with this online bank account you can transfer your fund with

in the next 1Hours by yourself,

(2) VIA BANK TRANSFER: This situation we need to open a NON RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT on your name so that i will be able to transfer the funds from the DORMANT ACCOUNT

(escrow account) to this new account that will be open so that i can transfer the fund from the non residential account to your bank account directly and this will

also cost you $298 usd amount

(3) ATM master card: If you wish to receive your funds via ATM CARD, we will download the total funds the ATM MASTER CARD then you have to come up with some of $350

usd amount for delivery charges so that the diplomat agency will deliver it to your door step successfully.

Please, choose the type of transfer in which you like to receive your funds so that you make the payment of any of your chioce of the three things to enable me set up

the account for your transfer will be commence to you to your bank account with out any other delaying here is the Receiver Name [ AYRA PATRICE VIGNON ] Receiver

Country : [ BENIN REPUBLIC ] and give me the Test Question and Test Answer to me,

I wait to hear from you urgently.

Best Regards.

Dr William Addo
MD/CEO Eco Bank PLC,
Benin Republic. +229-65772501

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