419 scam: Dr Ehouman Kassi <"ECOBANK."@ceres.ocn.ne.jp> Good day Dear

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "ehouman.ecobnkky@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Ehouman Kassi <"ECOBANK."@ceres.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Dr Ehouman Kassi <ehouman.ecobnkky@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 21:47:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good day Dear

Exxon Mobil Corporation in collaboration with the British parliament hereby inform you of your selection in the Financial Empowerment Program(F.E.P) audited by IMF in accordance with the "Act of decree 675 of the National Act as adopted in 1996 and amended on July 13, 2011 by Parliament"To Eradicate Poverty and Boost Global Economy Worldwide. Your e-mail address was randomly selected through Intelligent Monitoring Unit(I.M.U) and New Google Java.

In this regards, Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds ($B!r(B5,500,000 GBP) has been donated to you by Exxon Mobil Foundation with Payment reference number (EM/NYS/019/UK).

This is to Notify you that due to Europe Economic recess program which started after the bailout of Greece & Spain economic crises, we have routed all our huge payment accessibility via our CORRESPONDENCE BANK in Kenya, Therefore kindly contact Eco Bank plc with your bio data as stated to process your donated funds to you.(1)Full names: (2)Address: (3)Country: (4)Nationality: (5)Phone #: (6)Age:(7)Occupation: (8)Reference number: (9)A scan copy of your ID or any mode of identification.
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Contact Person : Dr Ehouman Kassi
Email: ehouman.ecobnkky@outlook.com
Tel: (+254) 723293880
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NB: Ensure to spread the funds to the people around you,as you know that the aim of the FEP is to eradicate poverty worldwide and do Keep your FEP information confidential until your donated funds is finally transferred to you to avoid incessant mix up, double entrance transfer and unwarranted abuse of this FEP program.

Kind Regards,
MR. DARREN W. WOODS.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION.
CC: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIR.
CC: ONLINE COORDINATOR.

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