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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: "Mrs. Waziri Farida" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrswazirifarida1@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:28:29 +0100
Subject: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC).

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)
FROM THE DESK OF: Chief Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.)
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
(WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE)
CABLEGRAM: NAPTCOR
Website: www.efccnigeria.org
Official E-mail :mrswazirifarida1@yahoo.cn
Date:20/06/2009.

Attn: Humble Beneficiary,

My Name is Mrs Farida Waziri the new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairperson in Nigeria.

I understand you are expecting your delayed fund to be wired to your bank account, but some top government officials and bank partners will not tell you the truth about the whereabouts of your fund and all they are doing is to tell you to pay outrageous fees which you refused to come up with, but I will not do that based on my conscience and that is why I have contacted you to let you know the truth because i know you have gone far in trying to get this fund and must have paid some amounts of monies to persons you are not supposed to give out a dime to.

I will be ready to help you get your fund but you have to help me keep it a secret to enable me help in delivering your fund as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission principal officer. You better believe me or forget contacting me again but i know that they will never tell you the truth because they are all thieving criminals.

Get back to me and i will tell you the possible way to get your fund delivered to you without the consent of anyone, i know God will reward me after all.

I expect your prompt response through my private email: mrswazirifarida1@yahoo.cn

Regards,
Chief Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.).
EFCC Executive Chairman,

Mrs. Waziri enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as a recruit in 1965/1966 and rose through the ranks to the position of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) as a result of diligence and by continuous training. An officer with vast crime fighting experience, she was Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), screening and selection, Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Police Force C.I.D Alagbon, Lagos, Commissioner of Police, General Investigation; Commissioner of Police in charge of X-Squad where she was saddled with the responsibility of dealing with cases of bribery and corruption within the Force and other cases of fraud reported to CID Alagbon, Lagos. She also served as Commissioner of Police (special fraud unit) and is credited with recording the first ever conviction for Advance Fee Fraud in Nigeria.

Author of Advance Fee Fraud, National Security and the Law, Mrs. Waziri is a member of several organizations, including Chief of Police Association, USA, International Association of Women Police, Soroptismist of Nigeria, Life member, Federation of Women Lawyers and is Vice President, Alumni Association of the National Defence College.

Some of the professional courses and training she attended in her illustrious career in the Nigeria Police, include the Special Branch Course (Basic) Advance Courses (1976); Detective Counter-Espionage Courses 1968; Subversion and Sabotage Courses, (1969); Detective Courses, Covert/Overt Investigations 1970; Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Advance Management Course, (1984); ASCON Higher Management Course (1988); Staff College, Jos for the Advance Course C (1992), among several others. She also attended the prestigious War College Abuja where she researched the Advance Fee Fraud phenomenon in Nigeria.

A highly resourceful Police officer, Waziri was highly sought after at intellectual gatherings within and outside the country, where she presented papers and led discussions on crime detection and control measures. Among other assignments, she led the West African delegation on Advance Fee Fraud to Lyons, France in 1996 and was also the leader of Nigeria delegation to Dallas, Texas for a seminar organized by the United State Secret Service in 1998.

Born July 7, 1946, the EFCC Executive Chairman had her primary school education in Gboko, Benue State and was also at Queen of Holy Rosary Convent, Gboko, from 1960 – 1963. She had a stint at the Federal Training Centre, Kaduna in 1967. A trained lawyer, she obtained her law degree from the University of Lagos, 1992 before proceeding to the Nigerian Law School in 1992. Mrs. Waziri also holds a Masters degree in Law from the Lagos State University. In 1996, she graduated with a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. The EFCC Executive Chairman is married with five children

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