419 scam: "Mrs. Susan Forex"<info@cybercrime.com> Scammed Victim Refund Compensation Code: 06654

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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:

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:
- "economic and financial crimes 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. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Susan Forex" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efcc-uncc@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20.33.32 +0100
Subject: Scammed Victim Refund Compensation Code: 06654

Attention: Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $1.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654.

We were delegated by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [ EFCC ]
Nigeria in conjunction with the United Nations to pay 200
Americans,Asia Europe etc who were scammed by Nigerian 419
artists/pepetrators the sum of $1.5million each, you are listed and
approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims,

get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your
$1.5million compensations funds. In view of this recommendations, I
want you to know that during the last UN and EFCC meetings held at
Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the
meetings on the lose of funds by various oreigners to the scams
artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, In other to retain
the good image of this country, the president (Goodluck Ebele Jonathan)
has instructed the payment of 200 victims the sum of
$1.5million each via.Willbros express securities under funding
assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria.According to the number of
applicants at hand, 85 beneficiaries has been paid.we still have more
left to be paid the compensations of $1.5million.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Imo State Nigeria as one of their victims of the
operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this
message to him for any reason whatsoever, Efcc in surpport of the US
secret service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital
information, You will receive your compensations payments via a ATM
PAYMENTS, BANK CHECK and WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further
modalities as soon as I hear from you.Contact me through this : E- mail:

Cyber Crime Service
Website: http://www.cybercrimeservices.com
Email: cyberservice.crime@cyberservices.com
Phone: +234-8000-cyberservices.com

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Susan Forex ,
Compensation Officer,
EFCC And United Nations Compensation Committee

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