419 scam: "MR.IBRAHIM LAMORDE"<efcc@headoffice.com> (no subject)

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "(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.)
- "(ecowas)" (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 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.
- odonkorcharles233@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.IBRAHIM LAMORDE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <OdonkorCharles233@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:55:25 +0200
Subject:

Good day,
To all those people that has been scammed.
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. i am here to inform you about scammers that are every where and i am here to let you know that 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 but we have to forword the people we cut in west africa down to GHANA.

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 funds to recover the lost of your
fees being robbed.

You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $8.5 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$8.5 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 funds
personally to your Private Bank Account at your convenient hours daily.

Feel free to contact your appointed processing officer MR OdonkorCharles., The
online Banking account system is made much easier for you to transfer your
compensated funds to your private Bank Account personally and
instalmetally, with a maximum transfer of $100,000usd daily until your
total funds of $8.5million is completely paid to you directly.
So you are advice to contact, your processing officer MR OdonkorCharles, with
a re-confirmation of your information required for verification below.

i MR IBRAHIM LAMORDE will have to take your transfer down to ghana to one of the most trusted person and a country treasurer who will come down to nigera to make sure that all those money aer really giving to you MR OdonkorCharles he will be the one to tell you how you are to open a UBA online banking tranfer account in ghana and it will cost you the sum of $700 dollars to activate your account before we start your transfer i will like you to get back
to him as soon as posible because he will start up as soon as you make this payment. and feel free to ask as much as you want,,.....

Provide the information below to enable her start the processing of your
Online Banking Account registration for immediate deposition of your total
compensated fund to enable transfer and to start transfer to your account

Provide the details below for quick respond.

1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR FULL ADDRESS/ COUNTRY.
3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4)YOUR OCCUPATION.
5)YOUR IDENTITY.

CONTACT PERSON: MR Odonkor Charles
CONTACT EMAILADDRESS:OdonkorCharles233@gmail.com
CONTACT phone number:+2349095946067

Contact MR Odonkor Charles, 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. And NOTE: If you are been contact by anyone to send anymore fee kindly forward it to MRS NKECHI AKUNYILI and stop anyfurther cummication with those fraudstar for your own
safety.

Best Regards,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
LAGOS-NIGERIA DOWN TO AKRA GHANA

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