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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: "(EFCC) OPERATIONS DEPT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <contacts.efcc247@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 04:39:47 -0700
Subject: FROM OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.(EFCC)

FROM OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN,
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION.
CHIEF DR. IBRAHIM MUSTAFA MAGU(CHAIRMAN)
NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
WEBSITE: www.efcc.com
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW (THE EAGLE)


(BE CAREFUL OF THE HOODLUMS / SCAMMERS)



I am Mr. Ibrahim Mustafa Magu 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, We have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western part of Africa
With the help of United States

Government and the United Nations.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam in various parts of
the West Africa countries which includes ( REPUBLIC OF BENIN, TOGO,
GHANA, CAMEROUN, NIGERIA ,

MALI AND SENEGAL, ) and they are all in our custody here in Lagos
Nigeria.

The Anti-corruption war is taken a turn as the past chairman of the
commission's Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde a police officer, was removed as EFCC
chairman on November 9, 2015

four years after he took over as head of the anti-graft agency and is
under investigation for alleged diversion of N1 trillion and charge to
court on the 17th November

2015 in a supreme court in Abuja, you can also follow the link for more
informations.

https://www.blueprint.ng/sacked-lamorde-faces-arrest/

The EFCC as an agency that is founded on transparency is not afraid of
any “probe” or request for information regarding its activities by
individuals, groups or organs

of government; so far as such requests followed due process of law. The
EFCC under Lamorde did not need the prompting of anyone, when it
commissioned a reputable

international audit firm, KPMG to carry out comprehensive audit of
exhibits and forfeited assets of the Commission from 2003 to date.

We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank
officials, government officials, Lottery Agents who with-held your
funds, has money for

transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not
exist.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/198289-lawyers-acting-technical-advisers-criminals-efccs-magu.html

We have been able to recover so much money from this hoodlums, corrupt
government officials and these scam artists, the New minister of Finance
Federal Republic of

Nigeria Mrs. Kemi Adeosun under president Muhammadu Buhari, and the CBN
issued a statement on Feburary 20th 2016 to the effect that the CBN is
against the fleecing of

customers under any guise and with the mandate of the Apex Bank, issued
a deposit refund of N6.2 Billion excess charges on cost of transaction
for 2015 alone. This

refund, the CBN said arose from more 6,000 complaints of unauthorised
bank charges brought to its notice. So the United Nation Anti-crime
commission, the United State

Government and the CBN have ordered the money recovered from the
Scammers/government official to be shared among 100 Lucky people around
the globe.

This email is being directed to you because your email address was found
in our past Chairman computer Mr. Ibrahim Larmode hard disk during our
investigation in our

office here in Nigeria and with the information gathered, we notice that
you have been scammed of so much money and no compensation has been
given to you, so we

decided to compensate you with a little token to recover the lost of
your fund you are therefore being compensated with the total sum $2.5
Million Dollars.

Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive
a compensation of US$2.5 Million, we have made arrangement to register
an Online Banking

through our Global Bank, ( Keystone Bank) where you will have full
access to your Online Banking Account Fund, to transfer your fund
personally to your Private Bank

Account with no complication of things or questioning as the Account
will be fully registered in your Name.

The online Banking Processing is made much easier for you to transfer
your fund to your private Bank Account personally, to avoid any delay or
complication of things

With this Online Banking Transfer Processing, you can only transfer the
Maximum Amount of US$500.000.00 daily/instalmentally until the total
amount of your

Compensated/deposited fund is transferred and completely paid to you.

So you are advice to contact the processing officer Anti-Crime Foreign
Operation Department of the (EFCC) Mr Roger Scott who is in charge of
your funds with your provided information required for verification below.


CONTACT PERSON: Mr Roger Scott

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: contacts.efcc247@gmail.com


Provide the information below to enable the processing of your Online
Banking Account for deposition of your total compensated fund.


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


Contact Mr Roger Scott with the information required for verification to
enable him start the processing of your Online Banking Account
Registration, we GUARANTEE you

your safety and wish you the best of luck.

We must all act as AGENT of stamping out corruption, THE EAGLE will get
you.

Best Regard,

Mr.Ibrahim Mustafa Magu
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

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