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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: "Chief Judge Usman Bellow" <test@mail.qdztrk.com>
Reply-To: ecowasafrica78@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:52:47 +0200
Subject: FROM HIGH COURT OF ECOWAS WEST AFRICA 198.54



FROM HIGH COURT OF ECOWAS WEST AFRICA BRANCH COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC:

OB/OP/1234 PLOT AKPAKPA, COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
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Attention,
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Please my dear ,Mr.Hector Simard,the entire High Court Of Ecowas Cotonou Be=
nin Republic are here to make it to be clear to you that there was a case t=
hat we have been handling here since concerning your funds because we got=
some reports that you did not received your funds since after every story =
you have being hearing regarding the funds and all types of payments you ha=
ve be paid to receive the funds but none is received by you.
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And we are here to know the truth because the person that is in charge of t=
he transaction said in this court here that you has received and confirmed =
to him that you received your funds and we are here to hear the truth from =
you.we will advice you to open a new e mail just for this transaction alone=
to avoid any complication, once you do that,Please here bellow is what we =
want you to answer to us to enable us to handle this case normal the report=
er said it has been done to you.
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1)Do you receive any money from this name below .... ?
2)If you do receive money from him,how much.................?
3)From which bank or courier do you received the money from............?
4) Or is it via western union money transfer........................?
5) In which date ..................................?
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Please we advise you to go direct to this question above and answer us imme=
diately because we want to get the truth and at this time if you don't rece=
ive your funds, you will receive it according to the instruction of this Hi=
gh Court Of Ecowas in this Country Cotonou Benin Republic because we have =
been receiving news from your Government that our Government officials and =
personalities are scamming people of your Country and all that is what we a=
re going to handle at once and we need your reply so that we can get the tr=
uth. so we want to compensation you $18.5million dollars
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PLEASE CONTACT THE PERSON IN CHARGES OF YOUR CASE WITH ABOVE OR BELOW EMAIL=
? =

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Thanks.
Best Regard.
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Chief Judge Usman Bellow,
FROM HIGH COURT COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
E-MAIL ( ecowasafrica78@gmail.com )
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