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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 2007 <hpo@mail.fm>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:26:27 +1100
Subject: $1,000,000.00 Donations Grant From Ecowas

Ecowas donations 2008
Tel: +234-80-3467-8174

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One
Million United States Dollars, ($1,000,000.00) for this year 2008
Lottery promotion which is organized by ECOWAS DONATIONS 2008.

ECOWAS DONATIONS 2008, collects all the email addresses of
the people that areactive online, among the millions that subscribed 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. 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 theevents manager/Claims Department, send your
winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your
claims.You must call +234-8034-678-174 for confirmation and to
speak with the claims agent(Dr. Walam Jackson)

(CONTACT FINANCE DEPARTMENT)
Name:Dr. Walam Jackson
Tel: +234-80-3467-8174
E-mail: ecowasclaims_2007@yahoo.com.hk

THIS FORM SHOULD BE FILED BY THE LOTTERY WINNER OF THE
STATED FUND FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE PROCESSING THE LOTTERY WINNING:

FULL NAME:_________
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:________
OCCUPATION:_________
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:___________
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:_______
TEL NO:__________
FAX:________
EMAIL:_________
WINNINGNUMBER:________
BATCH NUMBER:__________

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Mary Jones



---- Msg sent via MAIL.FM

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