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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. Farida waziri" <office-----f435201@att.net>
Reply-To: mrsfaridawaziri893@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:07:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Office of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission's Chairperson







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Office of the Economic and Financial
Crime Commission's Chairperson
Wuse zone 11 (fct),Benin Republic
Cotonou,
Motto: security watch
Our ref:
ng-gw-efcc-as-005-31.
=========================.
 
ATTENTION:
 
 
 
 You’re Update
 
I
am in receipt of your email with the provided details. Following the Irrevocable
Authorization
from the Federal Republic of BENIN and the Joint Approval from the World
Bank and European
Union with an exclusive Authority to release your  total approved sum in
to your norminated Bank account.
 
Consequently, this fund has been
mandated to release to you tomorrow unfailingly. In as much as you will send the
needed activation fee of $400 to the information given to you below.


Last month being april we told on our
letter regarding Mr. Fred act by receiving your $5M in his personal
account with bank
of America. Although he has being arrested and put to jail, now laid with
Financial
action task force custody in Paris de
France.


So you are required to make this payment
immediately and be assured that your bank account will get credit as already
scheduled. Be aware that you have to apply urgency on this payment as you have
just two banking days to fulfill this requirement so that the US$8.3M will
domicile into your bank account. 
Now, you should send your payment direct to
your Central Bank agent name: OBIEDO FRANCIS ONYEKA.

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
RECEIVER
NAME: OBIEDO FRANCIS ONYEKA.
ADDRESS: BENIN REPUBLIC.CITY COTONOU
TEXT
QUESTION: COLUR?
 ANSWER: BLUE.
AMOUNT: $58.00
ONLY,
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Note that we shall send to you by Registered
Mail, all necessary documents legitimizing this payment to enable you
present same to your bank for final clearance and crediting of your bank
account. 
 
Again we have
invited Mr. Phillip Morgan to our office tomorrow as soon as he comes, bet you
me he will rotten in jail.
  



  
I expect your prompt
response
Regards,
Mrs.  Farida waziri.Emails:mrsfaridawaziri893@gmail.com Office of the economic
and financial crime commission's
chairperson

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