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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: "Waziri Forida Mzamba" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.wazirifarimzamba@w.cn>
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 14:18:50 +0100
Subject: ORDER OF RECONCILIATION PAYMENT -26/5/2010

Your Noble Attention Please!

This is an official notification mail to you from the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC). We are pleased to inform you that we are set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria with the duty of re-visiting,reverifying all over due foreign debts as to effect appropriate Reconciliations and extend financial empowerment packages to the short listed individuals and selected corporate organizations as to tackle recent Global Financial crises. We are working hand in hand with the Federal Government of Nigeria, United State Authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The sole aim of the inauguration of this commission is to alleviate the pains suffered by all those been owed in one form or the other and Internet fraud victims. It is secondly based on series of petitions we received from International Bodies such as Co-operate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) on the inability of some Commercial banks in Nigeria and the affiliate International Bank to settle their clients approved payments. Lastly this committee was inaugurated to effect alleviation to the recently suffered internet fraud victims of late last year /this year.

After an extensive close door meeting between the Board of Directors of Federal Executive Committee and International Monetary Fund (IMF), It was resolved and agreed upon that this body- ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC) should work extensively to ensure that all outstanding Payment of all kinds; be it contracts, Inheritance fund; all should be paid without any hitch and delay through our Apex Bank and IMF Insurance body via their appointed bank and all foreign internet fraud victims well compensated with the sum of US$950,000.00 as a ceiling rate because some suffered less while other's suffered more.

It may interest you to know that during our computer/saver investigation and bank probing process, we uncovered an outstanding unpaid/unclaimed sum of money and email addresses and telephone number of foreigners which yours felt among. Mandate has been given to our commission, EFCC, to contact whosoever that is in the same category as yours, verify facts from you and effect payment to you accordingly.

To facilitate the said payment you shall be required to provide us with your information below so as to enable us confirm and complete transaction with you and proceed with the transfer instantly through our authorizing international banks without any further obstruction.


1) Your Name, Address, email and telephone number
2) The name of the person you are in contact with, if existing.
3) His/Her email address which is very important because we can monitor where he/she is sending the mails from (The server)
4) His/her telephone and fax number, if any.
5) His/her address if any and the Bank/institution being impersonated

You are advised to stop every further correspondent with any order person or person’s on any fund transfer process and you are to forward every further correspondent you received from anybody relating any fund transfer for proper verification to know if the transaction is legitimate or not .

Please note that the needed information’s from you will assist us in our further investigations

Please help fight crime to make this earth a better place to live in


Prompt response is necessary as time is of essence.

Yours in the service,
Yours in service,
Mrs. Waziri Farida Mzamba, Executive Chairman
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)

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