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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (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.
  
• 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.
  • info_efcc2008@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Nuhu Ribadu <info_efcc2008@yahoo.it>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 05:02:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: No Body is Above the Law
TEL:234- 1- 7936012

FROM THE DESK OF: NUHU RIBADU
ATTN: Sir/Madan,

RE: BE CAREFUL OF HOODLUMS

Based on the finding in this investigastion department we wish to warn you against some touts.

We have been informed that some touts are contating you in respect to the collection of your fund in the total sum of $200 Million U.S.A Dollars that was long approved in your favour through the Wema Bank of Nigeria.

As a matter of fact we have been on this investigation assignments for some time codely known to no one but the Presidency and some top government official who are in support of this investigation team to help stop
fraudalent activities in this country.

Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by writting back because we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.
The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:

1) PROF CHARLES SOLODO
2) ACCOUNTANT TONY ROLLINS
3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI
4)DR. R.RASHEED
5) BARRISTER AWELE
6)BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member
8)Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector
Surveillance / Board Member
9)Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia
10) Barr. larry
11)Barr. Ego Madu
12)Usman bello
13)Mrs Stella Harrison
14) BARRISTER YUSUF ADAMS
15) MR THOMAS GREEN

Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member The above listed names are been traced/investigated by the police and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she we go to jailed for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constituition of this bank under section of criminal law.

So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the yourfund if yes dont waste time to indicate it immediately. Note that the only office/paying bank that have right to pay or contact you in this Transfer is the Wema Bank of Nigeria which is been headed by the bank Governor. You must deal directly with them and do what so ever you are asked to do because that is the only way you will achive the success of the transaction.

We applogise on behalf of the President and the people of Nigeria for any dealy and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment we urge you to stop because you are taking a big risk and you never find your money any where because your money is with the above named bank.

Finally, we are expecting to hear from you today Thanks for your good understanding while we wait for your urgent response to this email below: (info_efcc2008@yahoo.it)

Yours truly,

Best regards,
NUHU RIBADU

CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).
ASSISTANT CHAIR PERSON (ROSE PAT).
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