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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: "Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efcc.presidencyngra@globomail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 22:37:40 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA
Dear   Beneficiary,
 
I am Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde the New chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).
 
EFCC in alliance with economic community of West African states (ECO WAS) with head Office in Nigeria as the biggest in west Africa have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of United States Government .
For the past Three years from the time of Mrs Farida Waziri the former EFCC chairman, We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROON AND SENEGAL) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.
 
We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. Now The United States  Anti-crime commission, The European Union  and the United States Government have ordered that  the money recovered from the Scammers  should  be shared among 100 Lucky people around the globe.
This email is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here in Nigeria and with the information gathered  from this Scam artist, we notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund.
You are therefore being compensated with the total sum Two Million ,Five Hundred  Thousand United States  Dollars.($2,500,000.00)
Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a
compensation of US$2.5 Million, you are advised to Provide the information below
 
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) YOUR ADDRESS:
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4) YOUR OCCUPATION:
5) COUNTRY:
IMMEDIATELY YOUR  INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR VERIFICATION, WE SHALL AT ONCE START WITH THE PROCESSING OF YOUR FUND
We guarantee your safety
 
Best Regard,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde

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