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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:
- "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)
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.
- ecowasoffice23@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- a copy of your id card....... contact email address::(ecowasoffice23@gmail.com)(ecowasoffice32@yahoo.com) yours, mr. abudule adoh. (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: ECOWAS OFFICE <ecowasoffice32@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ecowasoffice23@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:28:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I was specially instructed by the Office of the Minister to embark
on a personal review

Greetings!

This message is coming to you from the office of Controller General for Debts Reduction in the ECOWAS sub region. A

message was sent to you in reference to this earlier. I am writing again to you with regards to your stalled funds

transfer, I would urge you to accord this correspondence your full indulgence and attention as you may likely have been

receiving other emails of similar contents from the numerous fraud syndicate and impostors.

I was specially instructed by the Office of the Minister to embark on a personal review of all long pending and stalled

International Transfer Files of all Banks Operating in the West Africa including those at our
Offshore Foreign Correspondent Banks, with a view of redeeming genuine cases of Transfers, and consigning others as bad

debt in the Federal Budget. The office of the Minister has mandated me to ensure that all
genuine claim and transfers are paid.

The Government of ECOWAS took this major step in addressing these problems of all stalled transfers as a result of the

global financial crisis that has affected banks by establishing an autonomous Debt Management Office (DMO) to take over

payment responsibility on behalf of all banks operating in the sub region.
In view of this development, you expected to activate the payment your file and authentic legalization.

Therefore, be advised to get in touch with the Commissioner for Debt Reduction Management Dr, Mrs Joann Amah on (click

reply) for authentic legalization of your claim and as well activate the said file for immediate payment of your Inherited

US$7,700,000.00.

Please eandevour to get back to me with an updates on the process of this assignment.

Reconfirm your informations as follows

Please you are to reconfirm your full information here as follows
Your home address......
Your phone number......
Your age............
Sex................
Your occupation........
A copy of your ID card.......

Contact email address::(ecowasoffice23@gmail.com)(ecowasoffice32@yahoo.com)

Yours,
Mr. Abudule Adoh.
Controller General
For the Reduction of Debts
In the ECOWAS sub region

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