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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: DR CHEIKH TRAVALY <"www."@major.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: DR CHEIKH TRAVALY <ecobankplc2477@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:47:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ONLINE TRANSFER

This is to inform you officially that we have verified your payment file and
found out the reason you have not received your payment is because you have not
fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your funds.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none
officials in the bank and all your attempts to secure the release of your fund
are still in vain. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act has to stop
if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution
to your problems in receiving the funds. This idea is the latest instruction
given to this bank by the Federal Ministry of Finance and Economy.

You are now going to receive your funds through Online Banking Transfer.
To receive your funds through online banking, you need to reply back with the
following information as urgent as possible.

Your full name
Phone and fax number
Address
Your age and current occupation
A copy of your identity

Once again, you have to stop henceforth your further communication with any
other person or office regarding this transaction, this is to avoid any hitch
or delay in finalizing your payment. The transfer of your total sum of
$4,500.000.00 will be completed through online banking transfer as soon as
possible.
The online banking information will be forwarded to you upon the receipt of
your response for the urgent online transfer.

Also note that because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct,
which is ECO-994 you must have to indicate this code while replying back.

Yours faithfully
DR CHEIKH TRAVALY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ECOBANK PLC

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