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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: "Foreign Reconciliation Efcc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2012_hfo_efccng_org@admin.in.th>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:34:13 +0100
Subject: Your Fraud or Scam Compensation Payment ATM CARD is Ready for Delivery!!!

Economic & Financial Crime Commission (EFCC)
Foreign Operational Department
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mr Reuben Ahor the Head of Operation of the above commission.The Act mandates the Efcc to
combat financial and economic crimes and is also empowered to prevent,investigate,prosecute and
penalize economic and financial crimes both locally and internationally which includes internet fraud
or scam With the help of United States Government and the United Nations and other neighboring
countries.We have been able to track down many of this scam artist in various parts of West African
Countries which includes (Nigeria,Republic,Togo,Ghana,Cameroun and Senegal) and they are now in
our custody here in Lagos, Nigeria.

Some useful information's have been retrieved from them and much money from their bank accounts.
Some of them do claim to be Central Bank Governors, Minister of Finance Ministry, Bank Officials ETC.
After much deliberation between Nigeria Senate House Committee on Foreign Contract Payment, the
United Nations Anti crime commission and the United States Government have all agreed to compensate
all the victims whom personal e-mail and home/office contact address and phone numbers were recovered
from them.

All compensation payments have been processed and approved and will be made through a configured
Automated Tellers Machine Card known as ATM Card payment process which you can use to withdraw
money from any Atm Machine centers in the world with a maximum of US$5,000 per daily withdrawal.

Below are few list of some of the beneficiaries whom have received their ATM CARDS their tracking numbers
are listed below for your onward verifications you can as well track from FedEx or Ups website to confirm
people like you who have received their Atm Card successfully.

**************************************************************************************
Name: Linda Emlina: FedEx Tracking Number: 468888861983 (www.fedex.com)
Name: Susan T. Love: FedEx Tracking Number: 949856926109095 (www.fedex.com)
Name: Donna L. Vargas: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z966AR90105033136 (www.ups.com)
Name: Rovenda Elaine Clayton: UPS Tracking Number: 1ZA0T5861379047617 (www.ups.com)
**************************************************************************************

Therefore this email is being directed to you because your contact address was found in one of the scam
Artists flash drive and computer desktop thereby making you one of the beneficiaries of these compensation
payment and from their confessional statements made we notice that you lost much money you are therefore
advised to contact this office immediately for your Atm Card delivery which will cost you $125 usd. It is
paramount that you re-confirm your personal information listed below:

1.) Your Name.................................
2.) Address............................
3.) Age/Sex........
4.) Marital Status..........
5.) Country of Origin....................
6.) Occupation..................................
7.) Private Phone#................................
8.) Fax#............................

For Complain Write: reconciliation2012@admin.in.th

Upon your response we will send to you the information for you to make the delivery payment through western
union money transfer. Your subsequent response should be addressed to this email
{2012_hfo_efccng_org@admin.in.th}



Gooday

Mr Reuben Ahor
Head of Foreign Operation (hfo Efcc)
website www.efccnigeria.org/

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