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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: "ECOWAS Donations Games/Lottery 2010" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankedward470@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:08:58 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION (CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR CLAIMS) !!!

Ecowas Donations 2009
101 Yakubu Gowon Cresent
Asokoro District P.M.B. 401
Abuja, Nigeria.
Tel: +2347031363066
Website:www.ecowas.int


This is to inform you that you have won a prize of Eight Hundred And
Fifty Thousand United State Dollars,($850,000.00)for this year 2010
Sweepstake which is organized by ECOWAS DONATIONS 2010.

ECOWAS DONATIONS 2010, collects all active email addresses
online,among the millions that subscribes to the Internet.we
only select five people every Year as our winners through
electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate
you for being one of the people selected.

You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim,
Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement ntre.Ecowas
Donations Prize must be claimed no later than 10 days from date of Draw
Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not
claimed within this period will be forfeited.


These are your identification numbers:

Batch number......................ECW 09102XN
Reff number.......................ECW35447XN
Winning number...................ECW09788

These numbers fall within your Location file,you are requested to contact
the events manager/Claims Department,send your winning identification
numbers and the information below to him,to enable him verify your claims.

Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
Phone Number:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Country:


(CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)
Name:Mr. Frank Edward
E-mail:frankedward970@aim.com
TEL:+2347031363066

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Florence Nima
(Ecowas Donations Games/Lottery 2010 Coordinator).

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