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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 Mzamba" <efcc.crime@clix.pt>
Reply-To: infoefccnig@aim.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:15:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: OFFICIALLY SIGNED





Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Head Office: No 5 Fmella Street, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent
Wasu II
Abuja
Lagos Office:
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
 
Your Attention Please!
We believe this notification meets you in a very good present state of mind and health. Firstly we introduce this commission, Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Nigeria. The commission is empowered to prevent, investigate, prosecute and penalize economic and financial crimes and its charges with the responsibility of enforcing the provision of other laws and regulations relating to economic and financial issues. The Act mandates the EFCC to combat cyber crime, investigate and detect internet fraud. You can visit our official website to read more about the commission for your own perusal: www.efccnigeria.org
We are pleased to inform you today that your Case File (Ai) is the very first file on our settlement files Cabinet because during our internet investigation's and probing process to detect and prevent present rampage growth of internet fraud, we recovered email addresses and telephone numbers of various foreigners from different countries of the world which yours felt among and we are in no doubt believed that those syndicates from this part of the world must have collected money from you through their tricks.
After series of meeting with the international authorities held in Abuja (F.T.C) Nigeria which was alarming so much by various foreigners on lost of funds to the internet syndicates operating from this part of the world and mandate was given to our commission to contact whosoever that is in the same category as yours, verify facts from you and effect a compensation payment sum of US$750,000.00 only as a ceiling rate because some suffered less while other's suffered more. And also to ensure that you stop every further correspondent you are having with any other person or person’s, be it bank or any government agency on any fund transfer process and advised that you forward every further correspondent you received from anybody relating any fund transfer from Nigeria, Ghana and Republic of Benin for proper verification so that you will not be mislead or deceived.
 It might interest you to know that presently we have been able to arrest more than one hundred and five culprits within and out side banks and government bodies through the assistance and cooperation of their victims and their clients among which fifty is presently under going trial while a total of fifty five is in jail. A total of USD 40 million have been recovered from these scams/imposters. And the money was peacefully handed back to the respective owners and personal properties of these fraudsters impounded.
 
Your immediate compliance to this will expedite actions on your payment because here in this office, we have a lot of listed victims to be settled also. The number of applicants at hand, 24 beneficiaries from United State, Canada, Europe and Australia etc... Has been paid and we still have more left to be paid.
 
Prompt response is necessary as time is of essence.
 
OFFICIALLY SIGNED
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN EFCC
MRS.WAZIRI FARIDA MZAMBA



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