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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: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION" <tell_efcc_ng@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: contact_efcc_ng@consultant.com
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:12:46 -0500
Subject: URGENT RECOVERY OF YOUR LOST FUNDS / EFCC

ATTN SIR,

URGENT RECOVERY OF YOUR LOST FUNDS.

OUR RECENT INVESTIGATION HAS SHOWN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SWINDLED OF A LARGE
SUM OF MONEY BY SOME UNSCRUPULOUS NIGERIAN INTERNET FRAUDSTERS.HOWEVER,
HAVING GONE THROUGH A CASE FILE PRESENTED TO MY TABLE EARLIER THIS MORNING
BY OUR INTELLIGENT INVESTIGATING NETWORKS, WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU
FOR MORE DETAILS TO ENABLE US ARREST AND NAIL THE FRAUDSTER/S.WITHOUT
DELAYS, WE EXPECT YOU TO REACH US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR FULL CONTACT
DETAILS SO WE CAN PROCEED ON THIS CASE.

YOU ARE TO FURNISH US WITH THE FOLLOWING DETAILS:

[1] FULL NAME AND ADDRESS

[2] PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS WHERE YOU CAN REACHED AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

[3] NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS OF THE CRIMINAL/FRAUDSTER

[4] FEW DETAILS OF YOUR TRANSACTIONS WITH THE SAID PERSON.

KINDLY FURNISH WITH THIS DETAILS AS URGENT AS POSSIBLE.

YOURS TRULY,

MALLAM MUSA ALIU

HEAD OF CRIME INVESTIGATIVE DEPARTMENT(CID)

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