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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: "ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesphilips521@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:59:34 -0400
Subject: ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION

 
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) FOREIGN
 
OPERATIONS DEPT,
 
Attn: Beneficiary,
 
I am Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde the chairman of ECONOMIC &
 
FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC).EFCC in alliance with
 
Economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) with head
 
Office here in Nigeria.
 
We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters
 
and scam Artists in Western part of Africa With the help of
 
United States Government and the United Nations in
 
conjunction with FBI INTERNATIONAL.
 
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 CAMEROUN AND
 
SENEGAL e.t.c) and they are in our custody here in Lagos
 
Nigeria.
 
We have been able to recover so much money from these scam
 
artists. The United Nation Anti-crime commission and the
 
United State Government have ordered the money recovered
 
from these Scammers to 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 gardered from this Scam artist, we notice
 
that you have been scammed of so much of your hard earn
 
money and have decided to compensate you with this fund to
 
recover the lost of your fund.
 
You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $2.5
 
Million Dollars to be transfered to you personally through
 
an online banking system through our global banking system.
 
We have also arrested all these scam artist who claim that
 
they are Barristers,Bank officials,Lottery Agents who has
 
money for you or want you to be the next of kin of such
 
funds which does not exist.
 
Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who
 
will receive a compensation of US$2.5 Million, we have made
 
arrangement to register an Online Banking account through
 
our Global Banking system, where you will have full access
 
to your Online Banking Account to transfer your fund
 
personally to your Private Bank Account at your convenient
 
hours daily.
 
Feel free to contact your appointed processing officer MR.
 
JAMES PHILIPS, The online Banking account system is made
 
much easier for you to transfer your fund to your private
 
Bank Account personally and instalmetally, with a maximum
 
transfer of $500,000usd daily until your total fund of
 
$2.5million is completely paid to you.
 
So you are advice to contact, your processing officer MR
 
JAMES PHILIPS, with a re-confirmation of your information’s
 
required for verification below.
 
Provide the information below to enable him start the
 
processing of your Online Banking Account registration for
 
immediate deposition of your total compensated fund to
 
enable transfer.
 
1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR FULL ADDRESS/ COUNTRY.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4)YOUR OCCUPATION.
5)YOUR IDENTITY.
 
CONTACT PERSON: MR.JAMES PHILIPS
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: jamesphilips521@yahoo.com.jp
CONTACT TELEPHONE: +234-8061657669.
 
Contact MR JAMES PHILIPS, with the above information
 
required for verification to enable him start the processing
 
of your Online Banking Account Registration.`
 
We guarantee you 100% safety and wish you the best of luck.
 
Best Regards,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
LAGOS-NIGERIA
 

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