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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mike Logan" <mr.mikelogan30@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mike_logan948@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 14:51:06 +0000
Subject: =?WINDOWS-1256?Q?=FDRefund_Payment?=


*FROM OFFICE OF WAMITG
GENERAL CA OKAE (Rtd)
WEB: **www.ecowas.int/ips/ii/security*<http://www.ecowas.int/ips/ii/security>
*EMAIL: **info@wamitg.com*<http://us.mc463.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@wamitg.com>

**
*This is from the West Africa Monitoring Institution Togo (WAMITG) Under
Ecowas Department of Defence and Security Anti-fraud team in collaboration
with the United Nations (UN) in regards to the extensive raid (arrests) on
Internet scammers. Due to the high rate of complain we have been receiving
from United Nations (UN) on the level of Scam artists/fraudsters with
African nationality. All the Internet Service Providers had noticed the
increased email traffic originating from African to other continents.*

*In this raid, three hundred and six (306) scammers were arrested so far and
the raid is still on. We have recovered the total sum of US$3.2 Billion from
them from both cash and assets confirmed to have come from their victims. As
we have found hundreds of thousands of email addresses of victims from their
address books. It is at this juncture that we are contacting you.*

*West Africa Monitoring Institution Togo (WAMITG) with the United
Nation(UN) are making refunds of US$750,000.00 each to victims among
whom his/her
email address was listed on the scammer's address books.*

*Confirm through this email (
**paymentcentre@wamitg.com*<http://us.mc463.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=paymentcentre@wamitg.com>
* ) if you are the true possessor of this email, and provide us with the
following information for your refund.
*
*Your Names:
Sex:
Age:
Nationality:
Tel number:
Email address: (re-confirm)*

*Upon receipt of your reply and confirmation of the information, We will
contact you back with refund payment.Considering the circumstances at hand,
you are advice not to accept any e-mail telephone calls that does not come
from this office in regards to your payment**. *
**
*
General Ca Okae (Rtd)
(Safety & Security Minister)
Web: **www.ecowas.int/ips/ii/security*<http://www.ecowas.int/ips/ii/security>
*Email: **info@wamitg*<http://us.mc463.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=info@wamitg>
**
*Secretary in charge of *
*Safety & Security *
*Mr Mike Logan.*

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