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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: "E.F.C.C" <efcc.complainsectiononline7070@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: efcc.complainsectiononline103@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:47:34 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: ATTENTION:




      FROM MRS FARIDA MZAMBER
WAZIRI (AIG RTD)
             ECONOMIC  AND FINANCIAL
CRIMES COMMISSION

                          NIGERIA
INVESTIGATION BUREAU
                                  15A AWOLOWO ROAD,
IKOYI
                                             LAGOS
NIGERIA.

                                         
                                 Motto:
No Body is Above the LAW

 

 

 


ATTENTION:

Take notice that based on the
Federal Government  inauguration of this committee which extended to all Africa
countries and Europe,
the Economic and
Financial Crimes
Commission - (EFCC) have combined with
the United
Nation Anti-crime commission to
alleviate and redeem the image and past wounds of our dear citizens and foreign
firms who were duped, defrauded,scammed and abandoned by some impostors who
indiscriminately use the name of God, Office of governors, Presidency, Banks etc
to slight down our dignities to international communities.Many banks have been
in bankruptcy today, Universal firms, Companies due to the activity of these
hoodlums,However, investigation have shown that these people have duped over
500,000,00  clients after collecting their money false fully, many committed
suicide and others living by the grace of God,We see this country as a
treasonable felony and have over 500 convicts at hand, 300 in kirikri prisons
while many are still on trial,We still fetch for others who feel they are wise
and hope that you will be our friend by giving us more information. Success
Stories:

Meanwhile, after the international peace talk summit between the United
Nation {USA},Nigeria, United
Kingdom and other countries, in order to
maintain / rebuild our international relationship between Nigeria and your
country among other countries, the Federal government of
Nigeria have now decided to send this
message to unlimited end of the world with the hope of finding all those that
have been victimized be these con men that unconditionally scam people out of
their hard earn money, so that they can be compensated after due verification
that you have truly been victimized. In other words you are to respond to this
mail, if only you know and have prove that you have been scammed out of your
fund before,either by means of Next Of Kin, Contract With The NNPC , Lottery or
any other story and upon ascertaining that you have been scammed, you shall be
compensated from the Nigeria foreign reserve fund and the money confiscated from
some of these scammers which have been apprehended by the federal
government.
 
In view of this, you are to forward your complains to the complains section
and you are advised to give us a detailed information about your involvement
with these scammers and how they collected your money from you.

CONTACT COMPLAINS AND  INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT :
15A Awolowo
Road, Ikoyi, Lagos -
Nigeria.
through email address below,


 
efcc.complainsectiononline103@gmail.com
 

ENDEAVOR  TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS OF YOURS ALONG WITH YOUR
COMPLAINS:

YOUR FULL NAMES:...............................
RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS:.....................
OCCUPATION:.............................................
YOUR
TELEPHONE
NUMBER:..............
NATIONALITY:..............................................
STATE:..........................................................
AGE:..............................................................

As soon as we receive these information from you, a swift
investigation will commence and at the end we promise that whoever is involved
in your plight shall be apprehended and handed over to the government and you
shall be compensated accordingly.

This Decision is supported and approved courtesy: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND{I.M.F}
, UNITED
NATION SECRET SERVICE ,
EUROPE , AMERICA AND THE ECOWAS
COMMUNITIES.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

 

     

 EFCC
Executive Chairman, Chief Mrs. FaridaMzamber
Waziri (AIG rtd.)

Executive Chairman.

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