419 scam: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION <hr@mail.yamoffice.yam.com> Your Trunk Box

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- auditdep@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION <hr@mail.yamoffice.yam.com>
Reply-To: <gts585@blumail.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:36:29 +0100
Subject: Your Trunk Box

Head of Assets Forfeiture and Tax Investigation Unit

EFCC Headquarters

No.5, Fomella Street,

Off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent,

Wuse II

Re: Your Funds Intercepted

We write to inform you that our intelligent monitoring network intercepted a Trunk Box containing funds valued $5.5m USD. After conducting our investigation; the two men whose name has been withheld for security reasons confessed of been responsible for your inability of receiving your contract inheritance funds.

We have been able to ascertain that these imposters deliberately hindered you from not been able to receive your funds by conniving with the agents in charge of your funds release by demanding excessive fees for their own selfish reasons. We intercepted this Trunk Box when they were trying to smuggle it to The United Kingdom and the trunk box is currently under this custody of the FBI.

You are therefore requested to contact Barrister Aaron Wilson via email: AuditDep@financier.com to help you process the release of your Trunk Box to you. For your information, due to the controversy on the trunk box, you have limited time to change the ownership back to your name to avoid being confiscated.

Contact Him now for directives on how to change the ownership back to your name, we trust him to help you to process the release as soon as you open communication with him.

We hope to redeem the image of this country from all the scams perpetrated on innocent people.

Please do not hesitate to email US if there are any further complications for guidelines.

Olatunji Elvis

Head of Assets Forfeiture and Tax Investigation Unit

EFCC Headquarters

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