419 scam: CBN OFFICE TRANSFER <directortelexwire@gmail.com> Sir/ Madam FROM EFCC INVESTIGATION: STOP ALL TRANSACTION

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "atm card department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "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. )
- "(efcc)" (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. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- customacareatmecardoffic@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: CBN OFFICE TRANSFER <directortelexwire@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:32:26 -0700
Subject: Sir/ Madam FROM EFCC INVESTIGATION: STOP ALL TRANSACTION

Dear,Friend

The Federal Government of Nigeria through provisions in Section 419 of the
Criminal Code came up with punitive measures to deter and punish
offenders.The Advance Fee Fraud section deal mainly with cases of advance
fee fraud(commonly called 419) such as obtaining by false pretense through
different fraudulent schemes e.g. contract scam, credit card
scam,inheritance scam, job scam, loan scam, lottery scam, â€œwash washâ€ scam
(money washing scam), marriage scam. Immigration scam, counterfeiting and
religious scam.It also investigates cyber crime cases.

This is to officially announce to you that some scam Syndicates were
apprehended in Lagos, Nigeria few days ago and after several interrogations
and tortures your details were among those mentioned by some of the scam
Syndicates as one of the victims of their operations.

After proper investigations and research at Western Union Money Transfer
and Money Gram office to know if you have truly sent money to the scam
Syndicates through Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram, your name
was found in Western Union Money Transfer database amongst those that have
sent money through Western Union Money Transfer to Nigeria and Ghana and
Asia /Europe this proves that you have truly been swindled by those
unscrupulous persons by sending money to them in the course of getting one
fund or the other that is not real,right now we are working hand in hand
with Western Union and Interpol to track every fraudsters down, do not
respond to their e-mails, letters and phone calls any longer they are
scammers and you should be very careful to avoid being a victim to
fraudsters any longer because they have nothing to offer you but to rip-off
what you have worked hard to earn.

In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and as a consequence of our
investigations it was agreed that the sum of Eight hundred thousand US
Dollars (US$800,000,00 ) should be transferred to you out of the funds that
Federal Government of Ghana has set aside as a compensation to everyone who
have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria and Ghana
and Asia /Europe.

We have deposited your fund at INTERCONTINENTAL BANK GHANA We have
submitted your details to them so that your fund can be transferred to you.

Contact the INTERCONTINENTAL BANK GHANA through the email address stated
below inform them about this notification letter and receive your fund
through Bank ATM card .

Name: PROF.ERNEST ESSUMAN TOBBIN
Manager ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
Email: customacareatmecardoffic@hotmail.com

Yours sincerely,
EFCC BARRISTER Ken Moses
Assistant Investigation Officer.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Nigeria
http://www.efccnigeria.org

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