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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "nuhu ribadu" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mallamnuhuribaduefcccahirman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mallam Nuhu Ribadu <nuhuribadu_02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mallamnuhuribaduefcccahirman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:42:00 -0500
Subject: URGENT FROM EFCC TO HELP YOU GET BACK YOUR FUND FROM SCAMMERS.


FROM THE DESKTOP OF NUHU RIBADU OF THE ECONOMICAL FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION.(EFCC)
212 ADEOLA MARTINS STREET
OFF ADESHINA TOKUNBO ROAD
VICTORIA ISLAND
LAGOS
NIGERIA.

URGENT FROM EFCC TO HELP YOU GET BACK YOUR FUND FROM SCAMMERS.

I am Mr. NUHU RIBADU the chairman of ECONOMICAL FINANCIALL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in Nigeria. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part
of Africa.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries which includes
(NIGERIA, REPULIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria. So many of this scam artists were caught with many fake documents, mails and millions of Dollars in hard currencies found with them and also from the bank where they starch this money into, gotten from their victims, with 90% of this mails
coming from Europe, America, Asia and Australia continents.

This mail is been directed to you because your email was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in Nigeria. This artist claim that they are barristers and bank officials who have money for transfer and want you to be the next of kin of such funds which do not exist, they also claim that they are sons or relation to late presidents of some of our African countries in distress and some also say that they do have genuine cheque for you to cash and return
the money to them.

So I will want you to feel free and send us a mail with respect to this development and tell us how you have been scammed so that we will have your money refunded back to you immediately, as we have this fund here in our custody protected by hard core insurance policy here in Nigeria which makes it safe and guaranteed, so by proper identification and verification ofyour claim, we will have them transferred to you through a direct wire to your account. I will crave your indulgence to be truthful in telling us the exact amount been swindled from you by this fraudsters.

So I will need your corporation in this crime fighting network, as our duty is to fight against corruption in West Africa and Africa as a whole. Waiting too hear from you soonest. Sorry for the grieve and discomfort this might have caused you.

Kindly contact us with this email address below..
mallamnuhuribaduefcccahirman@yahoo.com

Best Regard

Nuhu Ribadu.( Chairman EFCC )
212 ADEOLA MARTINS STREET
OFF ADESHINA TOKUNBO ROAD
VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS, NIGERIA.


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