Ecowas Counselor Office/Mr. Frank Udah Lottery Scam Letter - If anyone receives a letter from the above people, delete it right away. Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria, Africa

Below is a copy of a letter I received saying that I had won $750,000 in a lottery I didn't even enter. As you can see, they are asking for $180.00 for courier service and 'insurance'. I would strongly advise anyone who receives such a letter NOT to give them ANY money or you will only lose it.If it is an honest winning, you will never be asked to pay a dime. Also, please note that the letter is written on Yahoo e-mail and not the e-mail of a professional lottery site. (at the very end of the letter) These are just plain and simple Internet scam artists just waiting for your $180.00 to arrive and you won't get anything in return. Be careful!
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Concern:Pamela Joyce Diamond

Congratulations once again on behalf of the Donations Board. We do believe that your winnings will be put into good use for community, educational and business development. On Behalf of the Screening Committee of Donations Board, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Matching Test conducted for all online winners in your Category. Hence you are therefore cleared, your cheque has been issued and you can now claim your donation.

All necessary documents that will facilitate the clearance of your cheque in your name has been processed. Your parcel contains the following documents:

1. WINNING CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF $750,000
2. WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE DONATIONS BOARD.
3. CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)
4. ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES(A.T.C)
5. CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS(C.O.F.)
6. LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE WINNING WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAM, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE DONATIONS BOARD.

These documents have been securely sealed and packed for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view it until its been delivered to you.

The Donations board has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these friends try to claim the donation on behalf of the real winners. The Donations board losses millions of dollars to this fraudulent people, and has reached a decision from headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Donations board will result to the Donations board cancelling that particular claim, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the double claimer about the winnings. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you can claim your donation.

Your parcel with identification number: ISPN/OWN/6543 has been sent to our affiliate claims office, because your claims falls within our ECOWAS booklet, and you have been directed to contact the Ecowas Counselor in charge of claims dispatch.

Mr Frank Udah.
Ecowas head office.
Abuja Nigeria.
Phone: +2348064390660
Email:thecounselloroffice@yahoo.ie

NOTE: This office will not be responsible for any outstanding fees if any. Services rendered by the dispatch company are to be paid by you if any and not the donations board. Have it in mind that your won prize cannot be deducted from, this is because your cheque cannot be cashed by anyone. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the donations act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly in charge of the donations. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds.

Its is imperative that you add your identification number {ISPN/OWN/6543} as the subject of any correspondence with the dispatch office to ensure they respond in a timely manner. I will require a concise update on proceedings with the dispatch office as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Best Regards,
Ann Lobber
Donations Agent/Claims Attorney
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OFFICE OF THE COUNSELLOR
ECOWAS HEAD OFFICE
ABUJA
NIGERIA.
Phone:+2348064390660

Concern:Pamela Joyce Diamond

Good day to you. This is to inform you that we are in possession of a certified parcel with identification number ISPN/OWN/6543.which is to be couriered to you. Note that we also do not deliver to P.O.Box address or street corners but to your residence. You are to please confirm your residence address, and inform us the person Address:? who will sign to collect the parcel upon delivery? include a phone number of this person to enable us call him/her when we gets close to your area.Do note that we are only responsible to deliver to any address as given to us by the donations agent, you will be required to verify your address with us, this is to prevent any ambiguities and subsequent errors or delay

PRIMAR COURIER SERVICE
Find below our mandatory charge:

First class delivery:24 hours
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Postage charge: $ 80.00
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Parcel Insurance fee $100 absolutely compulsory.
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Total.$180

PAYMENT METHOD:
YOU ARE ADVICE TO PAY THE CHARGES USING MONEYGRAM OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.

Below is the Courier's Agent details in which you will make the transfer to and send the payment details to my email so that i can forward it to him.

Note: It is cash on delivery.

Do note the Courier's Agent name and address:

Reciever's Name: Onome John

Address: Benin City ,Edo state
Country: Nigeria

And as soon as payment is sent, do provide us with the following

1.Names and address of sender.
2.Amount Sent
3.Money Transfer Control Number.
4.Secrete Question and answer.


As soon as we get these information, we will process it and forward it to the delivery team who will process the parcel and send it for delivery immediately and also send to us a scanned copy of the payment slip.

Due to the diplomatic content of your parcel, it will be illegal to ship it without being insured. This means payment for the insurance fee must be made before shipment can commence to avoid risk. This is because of some bad experience we had in the past. We can not afford to pay for your parcel if anything goes wrong. This is why your parcel must be insured with our affiliate insurance company. This company decline reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the cheque to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the cheque since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.
Note: I will like you to be aware that according to Your Donation Organization(The European,United Nations and the Ecowas),that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the International Donations act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD July 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds

This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you. Do confirm the delivery address and indicate your shipment option. All parcel of this nature not delivered within seven (7) working days from this communication will be returned to the lottery organisation as an unclaim parcel. Do acknowledge the receipt of this mail and respond immediately.

Yours In Service

Mr Frank Udah

Ecowas Counselor

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