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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: "MR AKIM BENOIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoecobank099@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 14:08:36 +0300
Subject: CONTACT THEM WITH YIOUR INFORMATION

LISTEN VERY ATTENTIVELY,

WE THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF KENYA REPUBLIC ARE HERE THIS MORNING TO
ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT WE HAVE TRANSFERRED YOUR FUND VALUED $8.7000.000.00
USD INTO ECO BANK OF KENYA REPUBLIC FOR YOUR ONLINE TRANSFER.

YOUR PAYMENT APPROVAL WAS SCHEDULED VIA ONLINE BANKING TRANSFER
PROCESS,SO YOU HAVE TO CONTACT ECO BANK BENIN FOR YOUR ONLINE INFORMATION'S,THE
TOTAL MONEY YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE IS THE SUM OF $8.7000.000.00 USD IN YOUR
FAVOR WHICH YOU WILL RECEIVE WITHIN 2 DAYS OF YOUR CONTACT WITH THE
ECO BANK KENYA REPUBLIC.

HERE IS THE INFORMATION'S NEEDED FROM YOU SUCH AS BELOW.

YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER
YOUR SEX
YOUR AGE
YOUR ADDRESS
YOUR CITY
YOUR COUNTRY
YOUR OCCUPATION

CONTACT THE ECO BANK ONLINE BANKING WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION'S:

ECO BANK LTD
PAYMENT DIRECTOR::MR.ALBERT BROWN
TELEPHONE: +254_797169950
EMAIL:( infoecobank099@gmail.com

THANKS AND BE BLESS IN JESUS NAME.
REGARD BY
MR AKIM BENOIT

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