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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Farida Waziri EFCC Executive Chairman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efccoffice11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:55:41 -0800
Subject: VERY URGENT

 
     NIGERIAN FOREIGN PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT
PLEASE BE INFORM THAT, I JUST RECEIVED THE BELOW STATED ACCOUNT'S TODAY FROM ONE MR. ANDERSEN ERIK ROBERT DEDEKAM STATING CLEARLY AS THE BENEFICIARY/ YOUR AGENT OF THE FUNDS USD$10.5MILLION IN WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DIRECTED TO BE CREDITED INTO YOUR DESIGNATED ACCOUNT AS SUBMITTED TO THE BANK I ,
THROUGH OUR DISCOVERING I AM TO CONTACT YOU TO CONFIRM AS MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS BODIES AND ORGANIZATION ARE REALLY YOUR AGENT BEFORE INSTRUCTING BANK IMMEDIATELY CREDIT THIS FUNDS INTO THE ACCOUNT'S WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.
WE HAVE TODAY RECEIVED A CHANGE OF ACCOUNT APPLICATION FROM THE BANK, A POWER OF ATTORNEY AND A LEGAL DOCUMENT FROM MR. ANDERSEN ERIK ROBERT DEDEKAM, A CITIZEN OF CANADA WHO CLAIMS TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, ASSIGNED AND AUTHORIZED BY YOU FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR FUND AWAITING TRANSFER INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
HE SAID THAT YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT HOUR AGO AND COULD NOT PROCEED AND CLAIM THIS FUND US$10.5MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS. HIS BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION BELOW:-
(1)
CANADA ACCOUNT:-
BANK NAME:CIBC BANK
BANK ADDRESS: #3003 DANFORTH AVENUE ,DANFORTH & VICTORIA BRANCH, CANADA
TRANSIT # : 07932/010
ACCOUNT # : 92-26133 (US$ CURRENT)
SWIFT CODE:CIBCCATT
BENEFICIARY :ANDERSEN ERIK ROBERT DEDEKAM
(2)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACCOUNT:
BANK NAME: BANK OF AMERICA
BANK ADDRESS: 5938 FM ROAD 2920 SPRING, TEXAS 77379 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 5860-1175-0889
SWIFT CODE: BOFAUS3N
ROUTING CODE: 111000025
BENEFICIARY:ANDERSEN ERIK ROBERT DEDEKAM
 
IF WE DID NOT HEAR FROM YOU IN THREE (3) WORKING DAYS, I SHALL CONCLUDE THAT YOU AUTHORIZED MR.ANDERSEN ERIK ROBERT DEDEKAM TO CLAIM YOUR FUND AND THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFER INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT.
DID YOU AUTHORIZE HIM TO DIVERT YOUR FUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT? REPLY VIA EMAIL IN RECEIPT OF THIS EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION IN DETAIL.
YOU ARE TO CONTACT REV.GAMBARI JUBRIL DIRECTOR INHERITANCE PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OF FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. HERE IS HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS :( revgambarijubril1@hotmail.com). AND YOU CAN ALSO CALL HE ON HIS PHONE NUMBER +2347066311279.
REGARDS,
 
Chief Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.)
EFCC Executive Chairman..

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