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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: "Alhaji Ibrahim Lamorde" <info@efccnigeria.com>
Reply-To: "Alhaji Ibrahim Lamorde" <efccnig.ibrahimlamorde@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:39:37 -0700
Subject: BE CAREFUL OF SCAMMERS AND HOODLUMS!!! (EFCC80)

FROM ALHAJI IBRAHIM LAMORDE EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
COMMISSION

NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW

(BE CAREFUL OF SCAMMERS AND HOODLUMS)




ATTENTION: Beneficiary,

Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in
chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the
visit to the America President Barack Hussein Obama , his speech to the
United Nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last
visit to South Africa, British, France and the UNGA United Nations
General Assembly in New York), a total sum of $2.8 Billion has been
mapped out by the SENATE to settle all outstanding foreign debts owned
to contractor this year.

It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for
reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels.
On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image
laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal
republic of Nigeria abroad.

I am Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde Economic And Financial Crime Commission, a
committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able
President Good-luck Jonathan . The purpose of the committee among other
is to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to
foreign contractors whose payment is overdue. During the last military
dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had
happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria
Gauranty Bank Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank
collaborate with impostor's and abandon our contractor half way with
levies and taxes.

Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president,
ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts
has been outstanding for a long time now. These are those who has shown
sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to
inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions.

But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because,
there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Peter Woo,
who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an
agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank
account in China. So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed
of Assignment in favor of Mr. Peter Woo, thereby making him the current
beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China
Group Ltd, A/C #: USD114-102-5567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered bank,
138-141 1st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, the Landmark, 15 Queens Road,Central
Hong Kong, Swift Code : SCBL 11k111.

If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. Peter Woo to receive your payment
on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account
details , to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert
your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done
by your local representative with the assistance of some (Zenith Bank of
Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody
and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the
criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our
investigation.

This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as
soon as this information needed from you is submitted, either by
Telegraphic Transfer or by international Certified Bank Draft . We are
sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it
clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid
immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your
contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further
communication with your local representative(s) any officials(s)
department of the or any bank here in Nigeria such as central Bank of
Nigeria. (CBN), Union Bank of Nigeria, Gauranty Bank of Nigeria and
United Bank for Africa. or any Government parastatal. This is to
forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment.

This office supersedes every other department in the CBN ,every other
banks in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible
for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning
would be yours.

Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the
people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list
them so that you will personally indicate them by writing back because
we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely
deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly
any of them.



The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:

1) SHAGUN , (CLAIMING TO WORK AT GAURANTY BANK NIGERIA)

2) BARRISTER BOBBY.

3) Mrs. Mariah Bow

4) MR. STEVE GRANT(CLAIMING TO BE ZENITH BANK FOREIGN REMITTANCE
MANAGER)

5) BARRISTER AWELE

6) PROF C. SOLUDO

7) Mrs Helena Wilford

8) Mr Kelvin Peters

9) Mr. Lamido Sanusi

The above listed names are been traced/investigated by our team and
some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is
caught and find guilty he/she will go to jail for 25 years(twenty five
years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the Constitution of Nigeria
under section of criminal law.

So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above
names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes don't
waste time to indicate it immediately. We apologies on behalf of the
President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this
most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen
again.And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment
we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk and you never
find your money because your funds is now with the finance company
recently approved by the Presidency to fulfill all foreign payments.

Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any
fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office
Econoimmediately you receive this message for more information or send
your reply to this email:


Yours Sincerely

Alhaji Ibrahim Lamorde.
Executive Chairman
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

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