419 scam: Financial Crimes Commission <infowesteru0@gmail.com> Your Urgent Compensation of $999,000.00 USD

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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:

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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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. )
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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. )
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: Financial Crimes Commission <infowesteru0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Financial Crimes Commission <financialcrimes@foxmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:33:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Urgent Compensation of $999,000.00 USD

Greeting To You:

The International Interpol with FBI investigators and The Federal Government of Benin Republic Ghana and 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 deals mainly with cases of advance fee fraud such as obtaining by false pretense through different fraudulent schemes,It also investigates cyber crime cases.

We write to inform you that some scam Syndicates were apprehended in Benin Republic and Nigeria few weeks ago and after several interrogations and tortures your email was among those mentioned by those men 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 had truly sent money to them through Western Union or Money Gram, your name was found in Western Union Money Transfer database among those that have sent money through Western Union Money Transfer to Benin and Nigeria and this proves that you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous people by sending money to them in the course of getting your inheritance funds in which you have not gotten a dime up till date.

Right now we are working hand to hand with Western Union/FBI and Interpol to track every fraudsters down, please do forward to us any of their e-mails,letters and phone numbers 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 regards a meeting was held between the Board of Directors International Interpol and The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Benin And Nigeria (EFCC) and as a consequence of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of Nine Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand US Dollars (USD$999,000.00) should be transferred to you as a compensation out of your inherited funds,The Federal Government set aside a compensation to everyone who have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Benin Republic,Ghana and Nigeria.

Please note that we will NO LONGER be liable for any loss, cost or expense, whatsoever, suffered or incurred by you in connection with the fraudsters. Be warned! We have deposited all the compensation fund to EFCC security agent location here for a fast online transfer or through Ecowas diplomatic delivery to your destination as a special gift from tghe President of Benin Republic,depends on your preferable means.

You are hereby advised to contact us back with your full contact details such as below:

(1) Your Full Name:
(2)Home Address:
(3)Telephone number:
(4) Country:
(5)Occupation:
NOTE:We hereby given you our code of conduct which is (EFC111) This is to enable you alert us immediately you receive any email or phone call from those criminals as we are ready to fight against corruption in West Africa.

we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation, and you will receive your compensation amount of $999,000.00 USD within 72 hours,you are to send only usd$118 for your IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE to enable your funds transfer or deliver without any hitches, kindly call immediately you receive this message so that I will give you our mode of payment.

This is a 100% guarantee transfer/delivery Therefore comply with our instruction now if you are ready to receive your compensation fund.

Thanks for your understanding
Mr Ukadike Nnamah
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Benin Republic Branch
Direct Phone:00229 951 327 84

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