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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: "Dramane Ouattara" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecowas_funds@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 06:30:33 +0300
Subject: ATTN: Beneficiary,

ATTN: Beneficiary,
  
Hope all is well with you and Your family?, you may not understand why this mail came to you. In regards to the recent meeting between the ECOWAS and the Present United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of the Nations,Base on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance to help and make the world a better place for all with the sole aim of abolishing poverty. We have been having a meeting for the passed 3 months which ended 2 days ago.
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to Foreigners and Compensate all that have lost their hard earned money to the Nigeria Fraudsters.
 
This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the ECOWAS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of  US$4,600,000 ( Four Million six Hundred United State Dollars) This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems,Contracts Sum, Lottery/Gambling etc.Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Teams of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.
You are advised to contact Mr.Jeffery Alex , as he is our representative in Nigeria  contact him immediately for your ATM CARD worth the total sum of US$4,600,000 ( Four Million Six Hundred United State Dollars) This funds are in ATM Form for security purpose ok? So he will send it to you via DHL courier company and you can clear the ATM in any bank of your choice in your country.
Fill this information to him to enable him process your ATM CARD delivery immediately.
1. Full name:
2. Phone and Fax number:
3. Address where you want him to send the ATM CARD(P.O Box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation :
Contact Him  immediately for your ATM CARD Delivery with the following information.
Person to Contact: Mr.Jeffery Alex
Email:: ecowas_funds@yeah.net
Give him your File Reference (RE-1537-V) and you are free to contact him via telephone number, it will be better to call him  and once you do that he will ask you of your  File Reference number which is (RE-1077-V), this file reference number is very important and  gives him access to get through to your file and email you back quickly once he confirms your email and your delivery details.
Thanks for adhering to this instructions and once again accept our congratulations.
kind regards,
Dramane Ouattara
ECOWAS CHAIRMAN.

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