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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348058053878 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EFCC" <efccsecuritiesng@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:51:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RETRIEVAL OF LOST FUNDS




































ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION,LION BUILDING,GARKIABUJA.NIGERIA.EMAIL:efccsecuritiesng@myway.comTEL:234-8058053878Attention:Amarjit Singh,RETRIEVEMENT OF STOLEN FUNDS FROM FOREIGNERS This is a special and intelligent security agency here in Nigeria (EFCC) set up by the federal Govt to fight crime going on in the country Nigeria today.Since the existence of this body,we have been able to retrieve millions of dollars collected from internal and external bodies and willing to pay back all victims.Our Govt has observed that 70% of foreign personnel where scamed through illegal means by falling into the wrong hands that called them selves the Govt but was only impersonating the Govt and other recognised citizen and now the So- called name Nigeria is brutally spoted with bad record that has affected drastically.Your file was open to our office today as one of the foreigner (Amarjit Singh ) scamed by unscrupulous impersinator/imposter having field of people defrauding them
every day,one will be too careful.You are advised to fill and send back the scrutiny form and forward your full information for reconfirmation to enable this strong and safe body observe immediate investigation for proper acsertainment to enable us pay you back all illegal extracted funds to you after proper approvals.More importantly, you are hereby urged to forward to this office all illegal payment informations made in the cause of this illegal transaction transacted with this unscrupulous element.Thanks and work in accordance with us to put an end to alarming act going on in the country Nigeria and in the whole world.Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.CHAIRMAN Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)



ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION,LION BUILDING,GARKIABUJA.NIGERIA.EMAIL: efccsecuritiesng@myway.comSCRUTINY FORMSURNAME.......................................................................OTHERNAMES................................................................CONTACT ADDRESS.......................................................CITY................................................................................COUNTRY........................................................................TEL..................................................................................FAX..................................................................................EMAIL..............................................................................

AMOUNT ILLEGALLY EXTRACTED FROM YOU IN THE CAUSE OF THE ILLEGAL TRANSACTION US$.........................................................YOUR BANK NAME.........................................................YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER....................................NAME OF THE CULPRIT (MR/MRS/DR/BARR/ENGR).................................SCRUTINY OFFICER MOSES O PETER



OFFICIAL COMMENTTHIS OFFICIAL FORM STANDS FOR PROPER ASCERTAINMENT BEFORE ILLEGAL EXTRACTED FUNDS WILL BE PAID BACK TO VICTIM CONCERNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVT OF NIGERIA(FGN) THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION TO WIPE AWAY UNSCRUPULOUS ACT IN NIGERIA.FILL AND IMMEDIATELY RETURN THIS OFFICIAL FORM TO THIS HONOURABLE OFFICE FOR IMMEDIATE IVESTOGATION.









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