419 scam: Economic And Financial Crimes Commission <johnkoolsman@hotmail.com> ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION.FUNDS APPROVAL

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "economic and financial crimes 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. )
- "(efcc)" (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.)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Economic And Financial Crimes Commission <johnkoolsman@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <complain.desk0000@live.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:33:28 -0800
Subject: ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION.FUNDS APPROVAL

ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION,

15A Awolowo Road Ikoyi,

Lagos NIGERIA.

OUR REF: 10667FV

YOUR REF: 890

ATTN: BENEFICIARY

I write to bring to your notice as a delegate from the Nigerian Government Re-imbursement committee under the strict supervision of the Financial Crimes Commission (FCC) to pay Five Thousand Nigerian 419 scam victims the sum of $950,000 USD (Nine hundred and fifty Thousand United States Dollars Only) each.

You were listed as one of the beneficiaries of these payments. Hence you are expected to get back to us for your immediate re-imbursement.

Note that this action is taken to redeem the good image of our country, thus the approval by our President for the immediate payment of $950,000 USD each to affected victims in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

And, due to the corrupt nature of government officials, this payments proceedures has been placed in the relaible hands of is to be made by Fidelity Bank Plc under the funding assistance of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

At present, 2,500 beneficiaries have been paid, more than 50% of the victims are from the United States, while about 40% are from other parts of the world.

As regard this on going development; we have over 200 suspects at hand, 135 already in prisons. While many are awaiting trial, however, we are still in search of others, and do hope you will co-operate with us by giving vital information that could lead to the apprehension of other hoodlums.

You are hereby forewarned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason whatsoever as the U.S. secret service in conjunction with The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has swung into action to track these criminals down. Once again, you are expected to keep it secret until these criminals are apprehended.

You are there to contact Barrister. Lanre Smith on e-mail: (complain.desk0000@live.co.uk) immediately you receive this message for quick and urgent response:

When you contact him, send to him your personal information in the format below.

NAME IN FULL......................

YOUR CELL NUMBER......................

CONTACT ADDRESS ..................NOT P.O BOX

For clarity Barr. Lanre Smith is well informed about your compensation, contact him immediately without delay. He is waiting to hear from you. Most importantly, do note that your earliest response to this correspondence will be highly appreciated.

Will wait to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

Dr. John Koolsman.

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