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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: Odoko Yahaya <odkoyahdko@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:30:04 +0800
Subject: FROM MR. ODOKO YAHAYA


*FROM THE DESK OF MR. ODOKO YAHAYA
CHAIRMAN ECOWAS CONTRACT AWARDING
COMMITTEE ECOWAS FUND HEADQUARTERS
PMB.5028 ACCRA-REPUBLIC OF GHANA
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: odokoyahaya@gmail.com
ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD45.5MILLION

Attn, Good Friend

I am Mr. Odoko Yahaya. The chairman, Contract-Awarding Committee of the
Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) with its fund
headquarters in Accra Ghana. I got your information in a professional
database when I was searching through Internet for a reliable, honest and
trustworthy person to entrust this business with. I was simply inspired and
motivated to pick your contact from the many names in the list of the
directory. After discussing my view and your profile with my colleagues,
they were very much satisfied and decided to contact you immediately for
this mutual business relationship. We wish to transfer the sum of
USD45.500, 000.00 (FORTY FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY) into your personal or company's bank account.

This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by us
intentionally for the supply of hard/soft wares, pharmaceuticals/ medical
items, light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and other
administrative/logistics for the ECOMOG in Sierra-Leone and Liberia West
Africa . This is borne out of our belief in the non-stable and porous
political nature of this sub-region.

The original contractors have been duly paid by ECOWAS banker through the
central bank of Ghana and finance ministry. The balance is suspended in the
ECOWAS grand account awaiting claims by any foreign partner of our choice
to receive the fund on our behalf now ECOWAS is intending to pay all their
outstanding balance of their contractors this year as the organization is
winding up its activities since the aim of returning peace to the countries
and the coast has been achieved Based on the laws and ethics of employment,
we as civil servants working under this organization, are not allowed to
operate/own a foreign account. This is more reason why we needed your
urgent assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for safe
keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive advice,
assistance and partnership in your country. It is however agreed, as the
account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire sum as
compensation, 65% will be held on trust for us while 5% will be used to
defray any incidental charges and cost during the course of the
transaction.

This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 days if you accord
us your unalloyed and due cooperation. You should provide the followings
for immediate kickoff of this deal if it interests you; your company's
names with complete address, tel. and fax numbers. (If available) the NAME
OF YOUR BANK, ITS ADDRESS WITH TEL.,FAX AND TELEX NUMBERS, THE ACCOUNT
NUMBER THE COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY WITH TELEPHONE AND
FAX NUMBERS. Upon the receipt of this information, 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.
There are no risks involved. 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 start 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 in my ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: odokoyahaya@gmail.com

Best regards.

Mr. Odoko Yahaya *

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