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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. )
- "farida waziri" (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. )
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 Crimes Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efcccompensation.efcc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 21:40:00 +0100
Subject: HELP STOP INTERNET FRAUDSTERS.

I humbly believe that you are an educated person coupled with the fact
that you know very much that Fraudsters are everywhere trying to defraud
unsuspecting individuals of their hard earned money.

l am MRS FARIDA WAZIRI. CHAIRMAN Economics and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. We came across
your email address while going through the list of people that have
recieved fraudulent mails from Nigerians.

Per-adventure you fell victim to fraudsters[scammers],and we are looking
for evidence from you so that we can get these people and prosecute to
life imprisonment for tarnishing the image of our country and making
the world an unbearable place. Hence,We implore you to take
precautions.In addition, Stop replying any mails you suspect for the
time been.

Your interest will be highly protected and you may be Compensated
financially if you cooperate with us. We understand that some of these
fraudsters claim to be in London England but be rest assured that we
know they are operating from Nigeria. We implore you to assisit us with
this investigation. We may compensate

you with $150,000 for all your help.

Thanks.

Your faithfully,

Signed, FARIDA WAZIRI

Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission

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