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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: alhajinuhuribadu@terra.com.mx
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 20:22:37 +0200
Subject: URGENT AFFAIR

EFCC
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
CRIMES COMMISSION.
1 IBRAHIM TAIWO ROAD
ASO ROCK VILLA
PMB 166
FCT ABUJA
NIGERIA
Office Of the Chairman
Email: alhajinururibadu2000@yahoo.co.uk
website:www.efccnigeria.org

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Dear Sir/Madam,
How are you and your family today?
We the Economic And Financier Crime Commision are using this medium to
inform you that this country has undergone a lot of transformation
these few years that we have had a democratic government.
During the military administration, a lot of miscreants gave this
country a bad reputation by indulging in scams, defrauding people of their

money, but since the democratic government came into power we have been

trying to reduce these scams and if possible eliminate them completely,

that is why we have embarked on massive information and advertisements
in foreign media and also the president of my country have been going
around the world trying to educate and correct the bad impressions these

miscreants has given Nigeria. It is in regard to this issue that the
president of this country decide to form this panel to look into all the

past activities commited by this miscreants or so call Nigeria (419).We

are sending out this informations to all the people involved or people
whom this miscreants has illegally taking their money through (419)
method.
For your own good you are advise to report or file any case of such to
this office so that approprate action can be taking immediately.Find
below is what this office need from you to enable us fish out this
miscreants (Nigeria 419).
1)THE NAME HE/SHE CLAIMED
2)HIS/HER TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND FAX(VERY IMPORTANT)
3)TYPE OF TRANSACTION
4)THE STATE THE SCAMMER CLAIM TO COME FROM.
5)ALL THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE TRANSACTION MUST ALSO BE FORWARDED
TO THIS OFFICE THROUGH ATTACHEMENT TO AVOID ANY ERROR.
Upon the receipt of the above informations a case form will be sent to
you to fill and to enable this office file a case and proceed with the
investigation.Be informed that many of this so call Nigeria 419 has
been fished out recently and handed over to the Nigerian police and many

has appeared in court for financier crime offences.Thier victims has
recovered their money from this process.
You are advise to corporate with us to fish out this people giving this

country bad name.
Your corporation is highly needed
Thanks
Alhaji Nuhu Ribadu
Chairman
EFCC



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