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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.

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:

• This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "farida waziri" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "mrs.faridawaziri@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Farida Waziri"<faridawaziri.com@yahoo.com> (may be fake) Reply-To: <mrs.faridawaziri@live.com> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:13:50 +0700 Subject: YOUR DELAY FUNDS GOOD DAY MY NAME IS MRS.FARIDA WAZIRI THE NEW ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON IN NIGERIA,I HEREBY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT,ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION, UNITED NATION ECONOMIC FOR EUROPE,EUROPEAN UNION,RESERVE BANK OF INDIAN,AFRICAN UNION FINANCIAL REGULATORY OFFICE (AUFRO) HEARD A MEETING ABOUT THE IMPOSTER AND SCAMMERS.I HEREBY WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT,IF YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED BEFORE OR YOUR FUND IS PENDING,YOU ARE ADVISE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET YOUR FUND RELEASE. REGARDS MRS.FARIDA WAZIRI EMAIL:mrs.faridawaziri@live.com

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