419 scam: COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE <hr@tpt-pcb.com.cn> ECOWAS AFFILIATED WITH THE IMF AND THE UNITED NATION

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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:
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "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.
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.
- jameswilson281@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: COMPENSATION AND FINANCE HOUSE <hr@tpt-pcb.com.cn>
Reply-To: <jameswilson281@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:42:42 +1100
Subject: ECOWAS AFFILIATED WITH THE IMF AND THE UNITED NATION

ECOWAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.

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 Foriegners 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 $1,000,000.00 ( one million 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.James Wilson as he is our representative in Nigeria contact him immediately for your ATM CARD worth the total sum of US$1,000,000.00 ( one million 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.

Contact Him immediately for your ATM CARD Delivery with the following informations.

1.Full name:
2.Phone and Fax number:
3.Address where you want him to send the ATM CARD:
4.Your age and current occupation :

Person to Contact:Mr James Wilson (contact agent)
Email:address( jameswilson281@yahoo.com

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.

Good luck and kind regards,

Making the world a better place,

Dramane Ouattara
ECOWAS CHAIRMAN

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