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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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Fraud email example:
From: Economic & Financial Crimes Commission <mallam.nuhuribadu@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:01:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: EFCC AND RECOVERY OF YOUR FUNDS!
Dear AMARJIT SINGH,
May I first of introduce myself to you.I am Mallam Nuhu Ribadu,Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Nigeria,inaugurated by the Federal Government of Nigeria in 2003 to fight and curb all cases of fraud ranging from Illegal Bunkering,Terrorism,Capital Market,Cyber Crime,Advanced Fee Fraud,Banking Fraud Economic Governance among many others.
Advance Fee Fraud:
This section mainly investigates cases of advance fee fraud(commonly called 419) i.e. obtaining by false pretence through different fraudulent schemes e.g. contract scam, credit card scam, inheritance scam, job scam, lottery scam, wash wash scam(money washing scam), marriage scam. Immigration scam, counterfeiting, religious scam it also investigates cases of cyber crime.
Watch out for the Business letter scam! For years now, businesses, learning institutions, and government departments have been receiving e-mails from senders posing as Nigerian/West-African government or business officials offering to share large sums of money.
Do not become a victim. If you have received an unsolicited letter containing any of the characteristics listed below, you should carefully research available information before conducting a transaction.
Most letters are variations of the following:
You receive an "urgent" business proposal "in strictest confidence" from a Nigerian/West-African civil servant /businessman.Oil prospecting license - A proposal is normally made to unsuspecting members of the public for allocation for crude oil lifting.The sender, often a member of the "contract review panel", obtained your name and profile through the Chamber of Commerce or the International Trade Commission.
The sender recently intercepted or has been named beneficiary of the proceeds from real estate, oil products, over-invoiced contracts, cargo shipments, or other commodities, and needs a foreign partner to assist with laundering the money.
Since their government/business position prohibits them from opening foreign bank accounts, senders ask you to deposit the sum, usually somewhere between $25-50 million, into your personal account.
For your assistance, you will receive between 15-30% of the total, which sits in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) awaiting transfer. To complete the transaction, they ask you to provide your bank name and address, your telephone and fax numbers, the name of your beneficiary, and, of course, your bank account numbers. The sender promises to forward your share within 10-14 working days
The Act mandates the EFCC to combat financial and economic crimes. The Commission is empowered to prevent, investigate, prosecute and penalise economic and financial crimes and is charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of other laws and regulations relating to economic and financial crimes, including:
Economic and Financial Crimes commision Establishment act (2004)
The Money Laundering Act 1995
The Money Laundering (Prohibition) act 2004
The Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 1995
The Failed Banks (Recovery of Debts) and Financial Malpractices in Banks Act 1994
The Banks and other Financial Institutions Act 1991; and
Miscellaneous Offences Act .
Having given you an insight into our schedules of duties and what we investigate,we shall therefore seek your very most urgent assistance in combating a case that is presenting under investigations in our office and which is linked to you.
During a recent raid of the offices used by the suspects in perpetrating their nefarious deeds,we were able to make some arrests and stunning discoveries.On futher interrogations of the suspects,we discovered a link to you and a fictitious transaction that you have been conned into and some amount of money was riped off you.
To maintain the good image of our country and status internationally,we are conducting investigation that will lead to eventual prosecution in a law court and recovery of funds from the suspects.The funds when recovered will be returned back to you that have been duped.Read below:
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EFCC recovers and returns $4.48m to 86 year old Hong Kong woman Thursday, 13 October 2005 An 86-year-old woman, Juliana Ching, was on 26th September 2005 presented a cheque of USD 4.481,909.94m in Hong Kong, by EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
The money is part of recovered funds from a fictitious transaction initiated by one Basil Nkenchor, a Nigerian, purporting to be Alhaji Ibrahim Abba, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), sometime in June, 1995.
Presenting the cheque, Mallam Ribadu assured the government and people of Hong Kong that the efforts of the Nigerian government to clean up Nigeria were beginning to yield positive fruit as the country was no longer being seen as a safe haven for criminals and corrupt public officers. He therefore implored potential investors to come and invest in Nigeria, as the country was witnessing a tremendous change with the sanitisation of key sectors of the economy.
While he assured that EFCC would continue the crackdown on criminals, the EFCC Chairman was happy that the negative perception of Nigeria was beginning to change, as a result of the anti-corruption crusade of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
A classic ‘419' letter from Nkenchor to Mrs. Ching's daughter, Vivian, sought their assistance to transfer to her account abroad, the sum of USD 25m being sum supposedly overpaid by the Nigerian Government on some phoney procurement contracts for which they were supposed to receive 25% of the sum involved.
Between June 1995 and April 2000, while the scam lasted, the victims transferred about HKD320m to accounts in Nigerian banks provided by the 419 kingpin and his group. However, following a petition from the Department of Justice, EFCC promptly went into the matter, arrested and interrogated the suspect and his accomplices. They confessed to the crime and repaid the entire sum. EFCC would soon arraign them in court.
The Commission wishes to advise the general public to be wary of such suspicious business transactions and also seek good information from it before entering into negotiations. EFCC also wishes to reiterate its resolve to stamp out advance fee fraud, corruption, money laundering and other forms of economic and financial crimes from the Nigerian society.
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Cosequently,you are required as a matter of urgency to furnish us with the following information in furtherance of our investigations and quick recovery and return of your money to you:
(1).Your full names.
(2) Full Contact address.
(3)Phone anfd fax numbers.
(4).Age
(5).occupation.
(6)Nature of business for which were duped.
(7).Amount for which your were duped.
(8).Any other relevant information.
On the other hand,you also required to provide.:
(1).Names of your purported partner who conned you.
(2).Full contact address of your partner.
(3).Phone and fax numbers.
(4).The relevenat documents as used in the transaction.
(5).Other relevant information that you may provide.
Havibg received the following from you,we shall then proceed in our duties to prosecution of the suspects and recovering and return of your funds.
While we wish you luck,we are await urgently for your response.
Faithfully Yours,
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Chairman,Econonmic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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