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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.

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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
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Fraud email example:

From: ecowas countries <ecowas_countries@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ecowas@mindless.com
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES(ECOWAS)


ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES(ECOWAS)
Office Ivoirien du Tourisme et de l’Hôtellerie
01 BP 8538, Second Floor , EECI Building,
place de la République,
Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire.

To the attention,

Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. L. Kouyate (Lansana), the current Secretary General of
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
I want to use this liberty to draw your attention that after the
deliberation of this organization held in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory of Nigeria, this committee have resolved to carry out proper
investigations and to take notice of payments made so far by foreigners
within the fifteen (15) nations that made up this organization.

Member states of ECOWAS are Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote
d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Therefore, all the foreigners who has any transaction or in anyway being
practically involved in any form of financial transaction within these
above mentioned countries or have any pending transfers, will be paid
through this organization to enable us sanitize the image of these
countries in the international community.
In the light of the above, we have been compelled to bring to your notice
of the above subject matter since we have detected of your financial
dealings carried out in West Africa, of which you have made enormous
payment without any dividend yielded so far.

As regards to this effect, the entire member states that comprises of the
(ECOWAS) nations, after deliberating on this issue, frowned on the manner
of which some foreigners are being treated and rough handled by some
ruthless West African citizens who always engage these foreign partners
for incessant and unnecessary payment without any positive result as like
in your own case.

For these obvious reasons, the member states have resolved to adopt
disciplinary measures to recover such funds/payments or to facilitate the
transaction through the reliable ECOWAS task force committee in favour of
the beneficiaries affected.
Moreso, affected beneficiaries like your good selves are meant to
understand and to bear in mind that on no account would you be subjected
to make any more UPFRONT PAYMENT to recover this money or during the
course of this recovery and also for the final conclusion of the said
transaction based upon the willingness of the foreigners to continue
his/her transaction which will be entirely the responsibility of the
(ECOWAS) member states. (Take note).
You are therefore, strictly advised for immediate response to this call to
enable us for further advice and actions.

Your prompt response is called for, as we shall not tolerate any
unnecessary delay. Bearing in mind that our mission is to recover all the
money you have spent and make sure that the transaction which you are
pursuing is realize as quick as possible, if we find it genuine. Kindly
contact us with the above email to enable us forward you the necessary
information.
Best regards,
Mr. L. Kouyate (Lansana),
Executive sec,Gen,
ECOWAS.

WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR PAYMENT CENTER IN MONACO REGARDING YOUR PAYMENT.


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