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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 and Financial Crimes Commission" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ojeiandy.zenithbank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:27:01 +0530
Subject: Reimbursement Payment Approved, Contact Exec. Andy Ojei

Economic and Financial Crime Commission, In United Nation, Our Ref: U.N.O/E.F.C.C/11/2015/1982/05/9.

Congratulations Beneficiary,

You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for quit sometime now and we just came to a logical conclusion few days ago in affiliation with the United Nations president. This email is to few well listed people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION in Affiliation with UNITED NATION have agreed to compensate them with the sum of $1,500,000 United States Dollars each.


These includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your email in the list of those who are to benefit from these compensation exercise and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

Presently, Two Thousand Five Hundred Beneficiaries have been paid, more than 50% of the Victims are from the United States, while about 40% are from other parts of the world. Your particulars were among those mentioned by some of the Syndicates That were apprehended in Lagos, Nigeria as one of the victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason whatsoever as the U.S. secret service in conjunction with The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has swag into action to track this criminals down. Once again, you are expected to keep it secret until these criminals are all apprehended.


You are advised to contact Mr. Andy Ojei of our paying Bank in Africa, as he is our representative in Africa. Contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of $1,500,000 United States Dollars. Your payment is in form of a Bank Draft for security purpose, he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Contact Andy Ojei immediately you receive this message via his email or call him on his number for quick and urgent response:

Person To Contact: Andy Ojei
E-mail: ojeiandy.zenithbank@gmail.com
Telephone: +234 802 405 5407


And reconfirm to him your personal information's below.

1. Your Full name:
2. Your Country:
3. Contact Address:
4. Telephone Number:
5. Fax Number:
6. Marital Status:
7. Occupation:
8. Sex:
9. Age:


Mr. Andy Ojei is well informed about your compensation, contact him immediately without any delay. He is waiting to hear from you. Most importantly, do note that your early response to this development will be appreciated.

Regards,

Yours sincerely,
Chief Mr.Ibrahim Lamorde
Executive Chairman.
http://www.efccnigeria.org

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