419 scam: "Mrs. Farida Waziri."<peter@cporentals.com.au> FROM THE DESK OF THE CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "(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. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "mr.mathew_gabriel@administrativos.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mr.mathew_gabriel@administrativos.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Farida Waziri." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.mathew_gabriel@administrativos.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:31:16 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF THE CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)

FROM THE DESK OF THE CHAIRMAN,
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL
CRIMES COMMISSION, (EFCC)
MRS. FARIDA WAZIRI

Attn: My Dear.

I am Mrs. Farida Waziri the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head Office in Benin Republic. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States Government and the United Nations. We have been able to track down so many of this scam artists in various parts of west African countries which includes ( REPUBLIC OF BENIN,NIGERIA, mr.mathew_gabriel@administrativos.com
TOGO, GHANA, CAMEROUN SENEGAL etc) and they are all in our custody here in Cotonou Benin Republic. We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United States Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be refund to the victims involved.

This email is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody. We have also arrested many of them who claim that they are barristers, Bank officials, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which they can not help you instead they continue asking you to send money for their selfish interest. We finally investigated and found out that the said fund these men are using to set scam trap on you is existing fund and now worth Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($2.500.000.00usd).. The fund was deposited in the central bank of Benin reserve account and was originally and rightfully belongs to you. It was won to you by your email address some years back which was selected based on lotto internet random selection exercise and you were a lucky winner but due to one reason or the other you was unable to claim it then. Having knowledge of
this unclaimed floating fund of

Your full name
Your current address
Your direct phone number
Your sex
Your age
Your current occupation
Scan copy of your passport photograph ----

This information will be used by the delivery courier company to locate you easily and deliver the ATM to your provided address within interval of four official working days. As soon as you contact the processing Officer Mr. Mathew Gabriel he will update you with the next step to take.

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Matheew Gabriel.
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: mr.mathew_gabriel@administrativos.com

Best Regard,

Mrs. Farida Waziri.

CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) COTONOU,BENIN REPUBLIC.

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