419 scam: "Mr. Ken Cot" <cjsgranny2008@yahoo.com> hi

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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 crime 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. )
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ken Cot" <cjsgranny2008@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrs_ali@sify.com
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:46:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

My Dear,

As you might be aware, thisÂ body is saddled with the job of investigation and trying all cases of fraud and economicÂ related crimes in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We therefore compelled to contactÂ you based on a case we want to get to the root.

One david Wanger approached the Federal Government with a cheque ofÂ us$3.5m belonging to you.

In his application, he alleged that he is your agent and that you died sometime ago.

However, following some irregularities in the application, we were called upon to investigate the whole situation.

As we are writing to you,he is in our administrative c ustody pending your response.You are therefore required to send the following to this office:

1. Your Full Name
2. Your Full Address
3. Your Telephone Number
4. Occupation
5 .Age

Send it immediately, failing ,which it will be assumed that David Wangerâ€™s claims are real.

On the situation that his claim is not true, the same info will be used to processÂ your document sÂ for payment under the new economic order of the government .

Good day.

Mr. Ken Cot

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