419 scam: From West African Debt Reconciliation Committee <wadr2015@gmail.com> Attention:

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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:

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:
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abidjan" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: From West African Debt Reconciliation Committee <wadr2015@gmail.com>
Reply-To: From West African Debt Reconciliation Committee <wadr2015@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:40:00 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention:

>From the office of Secretary-General,
West African Debt Reconciliation Committee,
Abidjan, Republic of Ivory Coast.
West Africa

My name is Hamidu Ahmed; i am the secretary general of this constituted committee saddled with the responsibility of handling numerous complaints of foreign nationals that were defrauded by West Africans through the help of commercial or central banks of the 15 member countries of the Economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) bloc.

The 15 member countries came together to former the committee above in other to take complaints and pay back where necessary with correct prove any fee paid out to fraudulent west African officials which has given us at (ECOWAS) great concern as it is slowing down foreign investment opportunities in West Africa.

The member countries have contributed $ 800 million USD, deposited in an account to this effect to enable the debt reconciliation committee work tirelessly to bring back the investment glory of West African states which has been tarnished by these fraudulent activities.

So if you are sure you were defrauded through any commercial or central bank in West Africa as we are dealing with fraudulent activities that were properly documented and with prove from the victim, forward proves and our committee will work on it and proffer solution and fees lost will be recovered and sent back to the victim.

This is simple, our office is a mobile office as we rotate through member states, we left the Republic of Burkina Faso Last week because of the purported coup plot to over throw the interim government which pose a little panic to the sub region, right now, we are in the Republic of ivory coast

If you have any complain, get back to us with prove and we will handle it appropriately

Best Regards,
Hamidu Ahmed

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