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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: "MAL NUHU RIBADU." <mal_nuhuribadu_info_efccnigeria@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:44:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: EFCC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
EFCC Head Office
Plot 1017 & 1018 Coree Bay Crescent,Off
Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent Wuse II, Abuja
Scam Mails lagos address : scam_efccnigeria@walla.com
e-mail abuja address : mal_nuhuribadu_info_efccnigeria@yahoo.com
ATTENTION : SIR / MA,
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT EFCC HERE IN NIGERIA HAVE INVESTIGATED YOUR MATTER IN THIS OFFICE PERTAINING YOUR MONEY THAT OUR INDIVIDUALS HAVE SCAM YOU WE WILL LIKE TO CONFIRM FROM YOU IF THERE IS ANY COMUNICATION YOU STILL HAVE WITH THEM YOU HAVE TO STOP IT IMMEDIATELY,
AS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION HAS ARRESTED SOME OF THE SCAMMIST CALLED THERE SELFS WHAT THEY ARE NOT PLEASE LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY I WILL LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF ON BEHAVE OF MY COUNTRY,
I THE PROCSECUTOR AND THE CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) MAL NUHU RIBADU.
I WILL START FROM HERE BY MENTIONING HOW THOSE FRUD STARS CALL THEMSELVES 419 SCAM.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ALL THOSE MEN THEY WILL TELL YOU SORT OF STORIES THAT YOU WILL NEVER DOUPT IT WILL SOUND THAT IF IT’S REAL BUT IT IS NOT.
SOME TIMES WE DO INVESTIGATE IN SOME OF THOSE CYBER CAFES THAT THEY NORMALLY STAY TO DO THERE USELESS WORK BY SENDING SCAM MAIL TO PEOPLES MAYBE YOU RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE MAILS,
WHEN YOU RESPOND TO IT THEY WIL BE TELLING YOU THEY NEED YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER AND RECIDENT ADDRESS THE FUNNIEST IS THAT THEY WILL REDIRECT YOU TO A ATTORNEY.
ACCORDING TO OUR INVESTIGATION THEY WILL TELL YOU TO TRAVEL TO OTHER COUNTRY WERE THERE MEN LIKE THEM IS THEY WILL BE DEMANDING MONEY FOR CHEMICAL TO WASH MONEY. NOW MY BROTHER,
THEY CAN TELL YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT SO THAT THEY WILL SEE WAYS OF COLLECTING YOUR MONEY EVEN GIVE YOU MEANS OF GETTING LOANS FOR YOU SO YOU WILL BE SENDING THE MONEY TO THEM.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IF YOU ARE INTO THIS MESS PLEASE I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF GOD HELP US FIGHT CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA BUY REPORTING THIS PEOPLE TO US BY MAIL OR CALLING BY TELEPHONE.
MY BROTHER I WILL HELP YOU RECOVER ALL YOUR EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY SPENT ON THIS MATTER FIRST WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR ME IF YOU ARE SURE THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE MEN OUR INDIVIDUAL
HAVE SCAMMED SEND US THE INFORMATION THAT YOU USED IN PAYING THEM THE MONEY TO THIS OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN EFCC AND FOR MORE INVESTIGATION IF YOU REQUIRE TO COME DOWN ,
TO NIGERIA WITH YOUR ATTORNEY YOU WILL BE INFORMED WELL ON HOW TO MOVE . ALL YOUR EFFORT IS NOT WAITED YOU WILL RECOVER IT.
THE CHAIRMAN EFCC
MAL NUHU RIBADU.
The Chairman
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