419 scam: "Farida Waziri" <chairman@efccnigeria.org> About your compensation....

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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. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Farida Waziri" <chairman@efccnigeria.org>
Reply-To: <mrswaziri@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 05:26:13 +0100
Subject: About your compensation....

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Nigeria
+234 1 2625189
www.efccnigeria.org

Attention:

It is our pleasure to announce to you that some scam syndicates were arrested in Lagos, Nigeria by the Nigeria Police Force and they were handed over to our Internet Crimes Investigation Department. During the course of our investigations your details were among the details we found on the scam syndicates computers and they confirmed you as one of the victims of their operations.

After our investigations, a meeting was held between the Federal Government of Nigeria,Ministry of Finance and the EFCC it was agreed that the sum of Twenty thousand US Dollars (US$20,000) should be transferred to you out of the funds deposited by the Federal Government of Nigeria at Barclay's Bank Plc UK in care of EFCC to compensate everyone who have sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria. The purpose for this is to redeem the image of our great country Nigeria and to also show the entire world that this government is highly ready to fight corruption. We are sorry for all they have done to you, please accept our apology.

Inview of this,We have deposted your draft with the United Parcel Services Inc UK. (UPS) London Head Office for shipment of your draft to your doorstep. We have submitted your details found on the scam syndicates computers to them so that your fund can be shipped to your address without misappropriation. Also we have insured your fund for security reasons. All you need to do now is to contact United Parcel Services Inc.(UPS) courier company via email, inform them about this notification letter and the Shipment of your Draft; Although we have forwarded your details to them but to assure them that they are dealing with the beneficiary of the fund,send the details below to them for verification and as soon as these details are received and they are authentic the will be under legal obligation to ship your parcel to your address.

Fill out the following form. All fields mark with * are required:
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Full Name*:
Address*:
Country*:
Sex*:
Age:
Telephone Number*:
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Contact person:Mr. James Perkins
E-mail address: upsincdelivery@w.cn
Tel: 009-44-(871)-572-3765

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Lewa Agbaeh
Internet Crimes Investigation Department
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

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