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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: EFCC <gkigbu@apconng.com>
Reply-To: <rfm9091@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 01:58:59 +0100
Subject: Re: Reply

Attention Please,



We are Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Nigeria. We write

to inform you about your money which you lost to fraudster (Scam) some

years back have been recovered for you. Right now, both the money and

fraudster who defrauded you is in custody of Nigeria government.

Kindly state how you were defrauded to enable Nigerian government

refund the money to you as soon as the information you will give

correspond with the one we got from the criminal who defrauded you years

back.



If the victim of the fraudster is late and you are his/her close

relation, indicate by telling us the brief story of how he/she were

defrauded and claim the money. Please, if you receive this mail in

error, just be sincere to us.



Thanks

Secretary, EFCC Nigeria

RFM9091@GMAIL.COM









Attn: Please,



I am Rev. Francis John Morgan residing in London. I write to you concerning unclaimed money owned by one of my church members who has the same name with you {your namesake} and the person had an investment placed under an insurance company in USA 10 years ago valued at 28.2 Million United States Dollars before the person died. Every effort has been put in action to find a relation to the person but could not succeed. Both of you looks alike; are you related to the deceased person?



The person in question confessed to me in the presence of a consulting auditor attached with an insurance company in USA, which I am bound not to reveal by the fact that I am a priest. This person in question vowed to set up a charity foundation to help poor masses around and handed all documents relating to the 28.2 Million United States Dollars investment before death came and took the person away from us.



Since then, the auditor keeps on disturbing me to place someone in position to claim the fund for us to share but I said no. Now, I decided to listen to the consulting auditor just for the sake of the less privilege in our society and to fulfill the vow made by the deceased person.



I and the consulting auditor wants to place you in position to claim the money with help of our strong contacts because the real person who has the same name with you died without any one to claim the money and that was why I searched for your contact information hoping that you are still existing in this life. If you are interested, let me know so that I will be updating you with the step by step plans. It is absolutely free from risk or trouble to both parties. As a priest, I cannot do anything that will tarnish my good image or yours and you will lose nothing to get this achieved.



You and the consulting auditor will share forty percent of the total money equal on receipt of the money into your account and sixty percent will be use in setting up charity foundation to fulfill the vow made by the person before departing to another life, which is my main reason for accepting this plan.



View this web for more proof:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/-58-billion-unclaimed--is-some-of-it-yours--202441269.html



For us to achieve this plan successfully, we must keep this highly confidential.



Yours,



Rev. Fr. Francis John Morgan

rfm9091@gmail.com




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