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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: "Mr.Ibrahim mustafa magu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <efccchairmanibrahim@aliyun.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 14:11:12 +0100
Subject: RE: From: Desk of the EFCC Chairman

Dear Beneficiary,

After the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have conduct a proper investigations and research at Western Union and Money Gram Office, we found your email address in the database among those that has sent money to Fraudsters and this proves that you have truly been swindled by those unscrupulous people's by sending money to them through Western Union/Money Gram,RIA, WALMART to WALMART, money order, in the cost of getting one fund or the other that is not real, right now we are working hand in hand with the FBI. we have been able to put down an office in Nigeria to track every fraudsters down. Do not respond to their e-mails, letters or phone calls any longer as 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 other than to rip you of 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), The International Monetary Fund (IMF),The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and also with The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) as a consequence of our investigations, it was agreed that the sum of FIVE MILLION DOLLARS US Dollars (USD5,000,000.00) should be COMPENSATED to you out of the funds that The Nigerian government has set aside as a compensation payment to 100 lucky people who have been defrauded anywhere in the world.

CONFIRM YOUR DETAIL BELOW TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERY OF YOUR FUND WORTH $5 MILLION DOLLAR.

1. Full Name..................................
2. Residential Address.............................
3. Phone Number............................
4. Occupation.................
5. Sex...........
6.Country......................
7. scan copy ID...........

Note: For you to receive your funds, you are advised to contact Barrister Frank Daniel with your information needed above due to it will cost you a refundable fee of 550 pounds via your compensation payment which is worth $5 million dollars.

CONTACT HIM WITH YOUR INFORMATION NEEDED ABOVE.

Contact Person: Frank Daniel
Contact Email : frankdaniel01@yeah.net
Phone Number: +2348082783681
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Yours sincerely,
Mr.Ibrahim Magu,
Investigation Officer.
THE ECOWAS COMMISSION

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