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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: "Mr. James Victor (ECOWAS PRESIDENT)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecowasforeignremittancedept.org@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:13:59 -0800
Subject: Re: YOUR FUND APPROVED BY ECOWAS/UNITED NATION

Dear Beneficiary,

FINAL RELEASE OF YOUR FUND

Good day to you, I hope this E-mail meets you in perfect health.

After several complain from foreign contact part of been scammed by Internet Fraud from West Africa. I Mr. James Victor, president of the Economy Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) in conjunction with The United Nation Anti-crime commission in a meeting with other West African's President Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Republic of Benin in other to compensate two hundred (200) scammed victim around the globe with the sum of $4.8 Million USD each from ECOWAS reserve purse and from the Money recovered from these scam artists.

After Proper Internet Investigation (PII) is carried out through West African Countries, your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and in a computer hard disk in our custody here in Nigeria. You are therefore being compensated with $4.8 Million Dollars.

You are therefore advice to provide the following information below.

(1) Full Name: ..................
(2) Resident Address: .......
(3) Sex: ...........................
(4) Age: ...........................
(5) Marital Status: ........
(6) Occupation: ................
(7) Present Country: .........
(8) Direct Tel/Mobile Number: ......

However, you are also to provide the following paper work (Document) giving to you by the

impostor (Scam Artists)

1* Prove of Ownership Certificate
2* Fund Release Certificate
3* Tax Clearance Certificate
4* Value Added Tax Clearance
5* Presidential Release Order
6* The Western Union Payment Slip issued to you when making payment to this Scam Artists.

The above paper work is required from you in other to prove that you are a victim of scam and if you can't provide the above requested Paper Work, be informed that you are going to pay the sum of $780usd for processing of the Paper Work as evidence.

You are to make the above information available to Ecowas Foreign Remittance Department with the details below:

Contact Name: Mr. Edwin Taylor
Email Address: ecowasforeignremittancedept.org@w.cn
Direct Line: +234-802-885-1432

As soon as the above information is made available the release of your Fund will be affected immediately.

You are therefore advice to stop any transaction and communication you have with any Office or Bank claiming they are with your Fund also you are to forward any E-mail you receive henceforth from any office for verification because of imposter and internet fraud and for security reason we present to you our CODE of conduct which is (ECOWAS/UN/2011). You are to use it as your subject when ever you are mailing the Foreign Affair Department office.

NOTE: If you know you have not been scam by Internet Fraud from West Africa Country, please ignore and don't reply this E-mail delete it immediately.

Regards,

His Excellency James Victor
ECOWAS PRESIDENT.

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