419 scam: ECOWAS FUNDS <garryshorebkcs@gmail.com> FROM ECOWAS FUND MONITORS

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- iwelaah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ECOWAS FUNDS <garryshorebkcs@gmail.com>
Reply-To: iwelaah@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:07:39 +0100
Subject: FROM ECOWAS FUND MONITORS

*ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES*
* FUND MONITORING UNIT*

* ASOKORO ABUJA*

*Our Ref, ECO/ABJ/IMF/201/22 Your Ref. Date; 17--08--21
*

Dear Sir
RE' RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

My name is Dr.Ola Ahmed Chairman Economic Community of West African State
(ECOWAS) Fund Monitoring Unit headquarters in Abuja.

We wish to officially inform you that this Commission was set up through an
act of the parliament of Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS)
in agreement with International Monetary fund IMF and African Union (
AU)to monitor in and out flow of funds in the Sub-region as requested by
the member countries in other to stem the tide on capital flight .

Kindly note that no financial institution, banks, Government and their
agencies henceforth shall transfer internationally any amount exceeding
Five Million ($5,000,000.00) Dollars without the approval of this
Commission, any such transfer to any account outside without approval of
this Commission is null and void and should be regarded as an attempted
fraud therefore should be reported to this Commission for investigation and
prosecution accordingly.

Your payment file has been forwarded to this office for vetting and
approval for payments,therefore you are requested to provide the necessary
information with regards to your payment.

A lot of derogatory remarks have been made in your payment file therefore
there is no Guarantee that you will get your payment unless these issues
raised in your file are cleared.

You are therefore requested to forward the following information to this
office immediately for verification and authentication otherwise you may
consider your payment suspended indefinitely

1,YOUR NAME
2.ADDRESS
3.TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
4.AMOUNT
5.YOUR BANK NAME
6.YOUR BANK ADDRESS
7.BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER
8.ACCOUNT NUMBER/ACCOUNT NAME
9.SWIFT CODE
10.BENEFICIARY

You are advised to stop any further communication with any person or
persons,banks and Government agencies in respect to your payment, any
transaction with the above is at your own risk.

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation

Yours Faithfully
Dr.Ola Ahmed (MFR )

CC.A.U
CC.IMF

SEND YOUR REPLY TO THE ACCOUNT OFFICER ON iwelaah@yahoo.com

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