419 scam: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)" <info@snapargentina.com> SCAM VICTIMS RE-FUNDS UNIT

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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:
- ",000,000" (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 crime 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. )
- "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. )
- "abuja" (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.
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.
- wilson_uwujaren@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)" <info@snapargentina.com>
Reply-To: wilson_uwujaren@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:51:05 -0700
Subject: SCAM VICTIMS RE-FUNDS UNIT

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) NIGERIA,
SCAM VICTIMS RE-FUNDS UNIT,
No. 5, Fomella Street, Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,
Wuse II, Abuja, Nigeria.
P. O. Box 3243,tel/fax: 09 644 1507; 01 289 2631
E-mail:wilson_uwujaren@yahoo.com
http://www.efccnigeria.org

ATTENTION:SIR/MADAM

SCAM VICTIMS RE-FUNDS UNIT

I AM DIRECTED BY MR.IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU,CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION {EFCC}. WHICH IS A COMMISSION SET UP TO FIGHT ANTI-CORRUPTION AND FRAUDS IN NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF BENIN, AND THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. RECENTLY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH SECRET AGENCIES AROUND THE GLOBE TRYING TO STOP INTERNET FRAUD THAT IS AIMED AT UNSUSPECTED VICTIMS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE EUROPE AND ASIA .

WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WIRING OUT MONEY TO NIGERIA AND BENIN REPUBLIC WHICH HAVE AMOUNTED OVER $1,000 DOLLARS AND FROM OUR INTELLIGENT INVESTIGATIONS WE DISCOVERED WITH DISMAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FRAUD STARS, HOODLUM. THEY WILL DISAPPEAR ONCE THEY ARE DONE COLLECTING ALL YOUR LIFE EARNING AND THROW YOU AWAY SEEKING FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO DEVOUR.

KINDLY READ BELOW SOME OF THE ARREST MADE BY THE COMMISSION AND THE JAIL SENTENCE:

https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/news/2077-efcc-arrests-two-internet-fraudsters

https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/news/252-efcc-arrests-2-undergraduates-six-others-over-internet-scam

https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/news/84-court-jails-fraudster-over-53-500-romance-scam

https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/index.php/news/147-3-420-fraud-court-sentences-man-to-3-months-imprisonment

I THEREFORE OBLIGE THAT YOU RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL IF YOU ARE IN THIS SITUATION PRESENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE WE HAVE CAPTURED THIS PEOPLE`S AND HANDED THEM OVER TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE. WE ONLY NEED YOU TO WRITE BACK AND TESTIFY TO US HOW YOU ENCOUNTERED WITH THEM RECENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY. AS WE HAVE ARRESTED SOME SUSPECTS AND WE HAVE GOTTEN RE-FUNDS OF OVER $4,000,000 DOLLARS FROM THIS PEOPLE AND THIS MONEY COULD BE PAID BACK TO YOU VICTIMS, IF ONLY YOU ARE READY TO CO-OPERATE WITH US BY GIVEN US MORE INFORMATION ON THE FRAUDULENT ACT COMMITTED ON YOU.

MORE DETAILS WOULD BE GIVEN TO YOU ONCE YOUR RESPONSE IS RECEIVED IMMEDIATELY.

SIGNED:
WILSON UWUJAREN
Ag. Head, Media & Publicity
EFCC,http://www.efccnigeria.org.

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Disclaimer Registered Office of EFCC. Registered Number
2502866. This email is confidential and intended solely for the individual
to whom it is addressed to.The views and opinions expressed in this email
are those of the EFCC/UN. If you are not the intended recipient,be advised
that you have received this email in error and that any use or
dissemination of this email is prohibited.
EFCC,http://www.efccnigeria.org

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