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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: "E.F.C.C" <acefcc73@att.net>
Reply-To: efcc.complainsectiononline98@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:54:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE



      FROM MRS
FARIDA MZAMBER
WAZIRI (AIG RTD)
             ECONOMIC 
AND FINANCIAL
CRIMES
COMMISSION
                          NIGERIA
INVESTIGATION BUREAU
                                  15A AWOLOWO ROAD,
IKOYI
                                             LAGOS
NIGERIA.
                                         
                                 Motto:
No Body is Above the LAW
 

 
 

ATTENTION:

Take notice that based on the Federal Government  inauguration of this
committee which extended to all Africa countries and Europe, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission -
(EFCC) have combined with the United Nation Anti-crime commission
to alleviate and redeem the image and past wounds of our dear citizens and
foreign firms who were duped, defrauded,scammed and abandoned by some impostors
who indiscriminately use the name of God, Office of governors, Presidency, Banks
etc to slight down our dignities to international communities.Many banks have
been in bankrupcy today, Universal firms, Companies due to the activity of these
hoodlums,However, investigation have shown that these people have duped over
500,000,00  clients after collecting their money falsefuly, many committed
suicide and others living by the grace of God,We see this country as a
treasonable felony and have over 500 convicts at hand, 300 in kirikri prisons
while many are still on trail,We still fetch for others who feel they are wise
and hope that you will be our friend by giving us more information. Success
Stories:

Meanwhile, after the international peace talk summit between the United
Nation {USA}, Nigeria, United Kingdom and
other countries, in order to maintain / rebuild our international relationship
between Nigeria and your country among other countries, the Federal government of Nigeria have
now decided to send this message to unlimited end of the world with the hope of
finding all those that have been victimized be these cone men that
unconditionally scam people out of their hard earn money, so that they can be
compesated after due verification that you have trully been victimized. In other
words you are to respond to this mail, if only you know and have prove that you
have been scammed out of your fund before,either by means of Next Of Kin,
Contract With The NNPC , Lottery
or any other story and upon ascertaining
that you have been scammed, you shall be compesated from the nigeria foreign
reserve fund and the money confiscated from some of these scammers which have
been apprehended by the federal government.
 
In view of this, you are to forward your complains to the complains section
and you are advised to give us a detailed information about your involvement
with these scammers and how they collected your money from you.

CONTACT COMPLAINS AND  INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT :
15A Awolowo Road,
Ikoyi, Lagos - Nigeria. through email address
below,
 
efcc.complainsectiononline98@gmail.com

ENDEAVOUR  TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING DETAILS OF YOURS ALONG W ITH YOUR
COMPLAINS:

YOUR FULL NAMES:...............................
RESIDENCIAL
ADDRESS:.....................
OCCUPATION:.............................................
YOUR
TELEPHONE
NUMBER:..............
NATIONALITY:..............................................
STATE:..........................................................
AGE:..............................................................

As soon as we recieve these information from you, a swift
investigation will commence and at the end we promise that whoever is involved
in your plight shall be apprehended and handed over to the government and you
shall be compesated accordingly.

This Decision is supported and approved courtesy: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
FUND {I.M.F} , UNITED NATION SECRET SERVICE ,
EUROPE , AMERICA AND THE ECOWAS COMMUNITIES.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

CHIEF MARS FARIDA MZAMBER WAZIRI, {Executive Chairman}

Economic & Financial Crime
Commission {EFCC}

Motto: No Body is Above the Law
 
     
 EFCC
Executive Chairman, Chief Mrs. Farida
Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.)
Executive Chairman.

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