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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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Fraud email example:

From: DR MORGAN EWUSI <dr_morgan_ewusi@yahoo.ie>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:42:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ( Bussiness Proposal )


ECOWAS
(OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN)



From the Desk Of:
Dr.Morgan Ewusi,
Chairman Contract Awarding Committee,
Economic Community Of The West African States (ECOWAS).
Private Email: drmorgan_ewusi@hotmail.com
Private Phone Number: 234-8056-433-165


ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

Dear ,I truely apologise for the suddenness and the surprises this mail may bring to you on the account that you have no prior knowledge of this matter. I am only acting on the need and urgency of the matter at hand.

I am the chairman of the contract awarding committe of the Economic Community Of The West African States (ECOWAS) peace keeping operations with sub-head in Lagos,Nigeria. We have the need to transfer urgently the sum of forty eight million US dollars ($48,000,000) held in Escrow account to a foreigners account. This money originated from contract already done and the original executors of this job has been duly paid off.

You will be given 15% of this sum for your assistance, 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses incurred by each of us in the transaction while the rest will be for us.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can be paid into a foreign account and as civil servants we are not permited to own a foreign account by law.

On transfer to your account,I will fly immediately to meet with you for my share and I trust that you will never let me down. I will send you details and way forward as soon as I hear from you.





YOUR'S IN SERVICE
DR.MORGAN EWUSI,
CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE,
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF THE WEST AFRICAN STATES(ECOWAS)
















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