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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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Fraud email example:

From: Economic Community Of West <samsungcompanyawardclaimo011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: economiccommunityofwestafricanstates.int@coolsite.net
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:38:49 +0200
Subject: Compliment of seasons.

Economic Community of West African States. (ECOWAS)
TEL: +229 690 98 271
Organization Fund Project
Email address economiccommunityofwestafricanstates.int@coolsite.net
Website http://www.ecowas.int



How are you and the whole family doing? We Ecowas here in West Africa
have been informing you about the allocation in the 2022 seasons that
will end in the 23/04/2024 seasons.

Ecowas has concluded that we must allocate the sum of twenty-five
million US dollars (US$25,000,000.00) for you to help and distribute
it to the sub-region of refugee children in the country.

Now Ecowas has realized that you are a person of honor and good
reputation who has human sympathy and empathy that can handled this
achievement. That's why we want to allocate this amount of Twenty-Five
million US dollars (US$25,000,000.00 to help refugees in all your
countries.

So, before the bank starts releasing the fund to your nominated bank
account in your country, there is a procedure that all Ecowas 16
States commissions need you to follow to avoid any misunderstanding
between you and international interference as being an official Ecowas
and one of the members earmarked these funds for these projects to
assist the underprivileged.

Before we proceed to allocate to you this Twenty-Five million US
dollars (US$25,000,000.0), you will have to register on the Ecowas
membership form to avoid international interference, and as these
funds are immediately allocated to you, we the Ecowas Organization
have nothing to do with the funds but as this is for a humanitarian
purpose project you will have an Ecowas member photo of all these 16
state Ecowas commission issues in your name as you are a legitimate
member to whom we distribute this fund, your Ecowas member photo will
be praised on the Ecowas calendar map, among others who did good to
help these humanitarian children, as recorded as a good Ecowas member
who did good for help these humanitarian children in future.

This project was purposely intended to be handled by wealthy people
who will have to rejuvenate in his life with $5 million for himself
for whatever paltry amount he might spend as a result of expenses he
might pay to get his Ecowas member photo issued with Ecowas president
as one of the economic officials who chosen to achieve this goal.

Your Ecowas member photo that will be issued with the President of
Ecowas will take you to whichever country in the world you prefer to
travel as your embassy in this country will engage your bank to attach
the endorsed copies of 15 Ecowas States and your embassy in this
country will also sign on your behalf with World Travel Privacy in the
world with your Ecowas member photo, that you will travel in privacy
anywhere in the world with your Ecowas member photo after issued with
the Ecowas President.

As soon as we hear from you, we will be able to register you with the
Ecowas form and you will find further procedures after completing the
Ecowas registration form with Ecowas as a member to which Ecowas will
allocate these amounts of US$25 million, before the bank starts to
send the fund to your designated account in your country or anywhere
in the world without interference from any international organization
after registration with Ecowas.

Please, you must return with your phone numbers, address, your
international passport or driver's license for acknowledgment to whom
we are entrusting the funds as a member.

Yours, faithful.
Prof. Usman Mohammed

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