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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (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. )
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Economic and Financial Crime Commission" <1x062@biz.by>
Reply-To: baba_kingibe@ozu.es
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:41:54 -0700
Subject: Attention Beneficiary(RE PAYMENT OF FUND)


Economic and Financial Crime Commission
Plot 1017 & 1018 Coree Bay Crescent,Off
Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wuse II, Abuja


Attention Beneficiary


Sir,

We are sick and tired of all the complaints we have been receiving from
foreigners and how they have been promised payment of huge sums of money by
top Government and Financial Officials without them receiving any cent in
return after they have paid hundreds and thousands of dollars to these
individuals.


The truth of the matter is that those unscrupulous elements you communicated
with in the past regarding your contract\ inherited payment funds are FRAUD
SYNDICATES.What surprises us is how they know how the foreigners fund has
been approved for payment.We have sent our team of investigation and
monitoring officers to move into action immediately and apprehend these bad
individuals before they bring more shame and dent to the good image of this
great nation.


Note that the new government have given an instruction to pay a part payment
of $10 million dollars to every contractor\inheritance pending on when your
full payment is ready because another voucher shall be prepared in your
behalf. Kindly reconfirm once again your full contract\ inheritance payment
details for further release. Our primary concern is to direct you to the
appropriate paying office.


The informations include as follows:
Your telephone number
Your home/office address
Your age and occupation
Your full name.


Based on this issue you are implored to stop every dealings and
communications with anybody Or group of persons in regards to your payment
because the new government have only appointed ONLY the secretary to the
president who is also the special adviser to the president on foreign
contractors/inheritance payment
We await your swift response. Below is the contact information of the gentle
man:


Alhaji Babagana Kingibe
Secretary to the presidency.
Email: baba_kingibe@ozu.es
Office Phone: +234 83481366


Be advised that this body will not listen to any complaint from any
contractor who did not follow this instruction because we have been
empowered to cancel and return all contracts\ inheritance payment to the
treasury account as unclaimed deposit.


Frankly Yours,
MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI

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