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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "(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. )
- "abuja" (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.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- efccnigeria_200887@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: CE <humeke_johnson20009@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:50:52 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FROM ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISION AUDIT AND WIRE TRANSFER DEPT
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
AUDIT AND WIRE TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
Offices: ADDRESS EFCC HOUSE ABUJA NIGERIA
Attn: Fund Beneficary
I need your urgent reply immediately because we want to find out if you are the one instructed Mr Ronald Baker from U K to transfer your fund into his account, Here is the account information Mr Ronald Baker send to our office together with his passport.
We need your urgent reply if you are the one instructed us to transfer your fund into Mr Ronald Baker Account.
Here the account information Mr Ronald Baker send to us to transfer your fund into his account.
Reply to our official Email efccnigeria_200887@yahoo.com for proper authntification and to astain that you are the rightful beneficiary of this fund
HSBC BANK
PLANT&MARINE SEVIRCES LTD NO ACC
ACC 32033070
SORT CODE 40-25-27
SWIFT MIDLGB 22
NOTE THAT THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN HAS MANDATED AND DIRECTED ME TO FISH OUT THE BAD ELEMENTS ON OUR MIXED AND WE ASSURE YOU THAT MORE THAN 200 IMPOSTER AND CRIMINALS HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND SENTENCE TO JAIL BECAUSE NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW AND WE ASSURE YOU THAT AS SOON AS WE HEAR FROM YOU WE WILL IMMEDIATELY ACT ACCORDINGLY AND WIRE YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT
NOTE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FUNDING THIS COMMISION FOR WE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IMPOSTERS AND SCAMMERS ARE ELIMINATED AND WE ASSURE YOU THAT 90% OF THEM HAS SURRENDER
NOTE THAT WE HAVE 3 MODE OF PAYMENT
1 BANK TO BANK TRANSFER
2 BY ATM CARD
3 BY BANK DRAFT
4 BY DIPLOMATIC PAYMENT DELIVERY TO YOUR DOOR STEP
BE INFORM THAT ONLY $10.5 MILLION U.S DOLLARS WAS APPROVED TO BE RELEASE TO YOU FOR THIS LAST QUATER OF THE 2011
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Thanks and God Bless.
Mrs Farida M Waziri.
Executive Chairman (EFCC)
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