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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.complainsectiononline103@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:38:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTENTION








             FROM MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE)
             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, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde
Executive Chairman.

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