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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: "philip kwame" <philipkwame50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: philipkwamegh@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:17:20 +0000
Subject: Hoping to hear from you.

FROM THE DESK OF DR PHILIP KWAME
CHAIRMAN ECOWAS CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
ECOWAS FUND HEADQUARTERS
P.M.B.5028
ACCRA-REPUBLIC OF GHANA


I am DR PHILIP KWAME. The Chairman, Contract Awarding Committee of the
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)with its fund
Headquarters in Accra-Ghana.we wish to transfer the sum of US$7.2Million
(Seven Million two hundred thousand U.S. Dollars)into your personal bank
account.

This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by us
intentionally for the supply of hard/soft wares,phamaceauticals/ medical
items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and other
administrative/logistics for the ECOMOG in Sierra-Leone and Liberia during
the Peace Keeping Projects.

This DEAL was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected with the
cooperation and mandate of the Financial Director and the Secretary of the
Organization.We arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by
different companies from different countries during the crisis. It was our
consensus to seek the assistance of a willing person to provide us with the
facilities to transfer this money out.

Upon the receipt of this informations,application for claim will be sent to
you to fill and return back to the organization in pursuit of the claim
legally and then be forwarded to the organization for ratification and
subsequent payment.

As with the case of all organized (sensitive)and conspired DEALS,we solicit
for your unreserved confidentiality and utmost secret in this business.

We hope to retire peacefully and lead honorable business life
afterwards.Kindly expedite action if you are interested as we are behind
schedule to enable us utilize this golden opportunity pay out this fund
immediately which we might stand to loose, if we fail to provide a safe
account for this transfer on time at the expiration of this year Ecowas has
mapped out for payment of all their outstanding contractors and the
dissolution of our committee.Please urgency is needed as we do not know the
time our organization will stop the payment hence it is necessary to start
on time to forestall any hitch while transferring the fund into your
designated account.
Hoping to hear from you.
With regards.
DR PHILIP KWAME

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