419 scam: "PRESIDENTIAL COMMITEE"<www@tztvu.zj.cn> PRESIDENTIAL COMMITEE ON FOREIGN REMITTANCE

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "danladi.bako@w.cn" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "PRESIDENTIAL COMMITEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <presidential_commitee01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:01:55 -0800
Subject: PRESIDENTIAL COMMITEE ON FOREIGN REMITTANCE

PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN REMITTANCE
OFFICE OF THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL,
GARKI ABUJA
NIGERIA.

Dear Sir/Madam,

If you receive this letter, know that you have been short listed for a repayment of $3,000,000 (Three Million Dollars) flat rate by the government of Nigeria as a victim of scam artists. This sum of money is paid to a selected number of victims as compensation of whose case has come to the notice of the committee. This is done as part of the celebration marking the 51st independence anniversary of Nigeria and also in line with the" re-branding Nigeria" policy of this present administration.

At the unset of this administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in collaboration with other international law enforcement authorities lunched a covert operation code named "Operation Cyber Storm" aimed at thwarting internet scams; a series of arrests of people suspected to be involved in cyber financial crimes were made. As a result of this lists of possible victims were compiled. After back tracking and cross referencing of the correspondence between these scam artists and their victims, their email addresses were also compiled. However, the names and figures forwarded by these suspects during interrogation may be misleading for their maybe a deliberate attempt to present wrong names and figures in order to create lope holes that may be used to their advantage during prosecution .So you are required to send to this office the following personal information:

1) FULL NAME
2) ADDRESS
3) TELEPHONE NUMBER

Please Note: All correspondence must come through this email address:danladi.bako@w.cn any correspondence that comes through other channels will not be entertained or looked into. If this letter has come to you by mistake and you are not a victim of the above crime, please return it by this volume.

We highly regret the inconvenience all this must have cost you. Everything is being done to correct the past wrongs.

Regards,

Alhaji Danladi Bako
Secretary to the Committee

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