419 scam: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION("<efccoffice833@gmail.com> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "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. )
- "economic and financial crimes 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. )
- "farida waziri" (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. )
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348122515016
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- economic_and_financial.crimes_commission@presidency.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <economic_and_financial.crimes_commission@presidency.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 05:42:26 -0800
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!!

From The Office Of EFCC
Chairman: Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
Phone Number:+234-8122515016
E-Mail Address: economic_and_financial.crimes_commission@presidency.com
Address:No: 15A, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos,Nigeria.

EFCC/AFP REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT MEETING ON TRANSNATIONAL FRAUD FOR WEST AFRICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Attention: William Borner,

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC Nigeria in Conjunction with The Federal Minister of Finance and his Excellency President Good-luck Jonathan, Hold meeting today in respect to the following crimes that has been going on for a while, internet fraud, ATM hold up, Fund Transfer hold, Trunk Delivery and Lotto Wining Hold.This was the complains that Mr. President received for months now and he contacted the EFCC chairman Mrs. Farida Waziri and ordered that she take action on this and treat all files that have been posted to her office but Mr. President Noticed that instead of she taking action as ordered and release the funds, she took advantage of her position to extract money from clients and fails to release there funds to them.

This made Mr. President to Call an urgent meeting for remove of MRS. FARIDA W. WAZIRI, from the office as the Chairman of the EFCC. Please you can confirm this by going to the website given (http://www.punchng.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5514:breaking-news-jonathan-sacks-efcc-chairman-farida-waziri&Itemid=542 ) .

In view of this, I have been appointed to stand as the acting Chairman to this office and you are advice to send your full details along with your contract payment amount that you are expecting to receive e.g ATM/Wining/Delivery/ Transfer/ e.t.c. I need details of your transaction and how much you have paid so far and the date of the last payment made.Your fund/delivery will be release to you without any delay and the proper and right step will be advice to you as we here from you to enable you receive your payment delivery.

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 people to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.

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

1) Dr.ken in U S A
2) PROF CHARLES SOLUDO
3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI
4) DR. R.RASHEED
5) BARRISTER AWELE
6) BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7) DR. HANZ MUSSA UNION BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
8) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
9) Mr Eric William Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
11) MR CUPPA ACOKA. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
12) MR.JOHN MIKE/ THE DIPLOMATIC AGENT
13) PASTOR DESMOND
14) MR GEORGE PETERS
15) MR. PETER.JOSEPH EXECUTIVE/ REMITTANCE DIRECTOR GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC
16) PASTOR GUMBS
17} Mr John Eze Pay Master General
18) Mrs Farida W Waziri Former EFCC Chairman
19) Mr. Sugun Oloketuvi, of Wema Bank of Nigeria Plc

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.

Best Regards
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).

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