419 scam: "American Anti Financial Crime Commssion" <jlioneljepson@rocketmail.com> Report To Us If You Have Been Defraud/Scam

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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:

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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "lioneljordan@instructor.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "American Anti Financial Crime Commssion" <jlioneljepson@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: lioneljordan@instructor.net
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 03:56:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Report To Us If You Have Been Defraud/Scam

Dear Sir/Madam

This is to inform you that by a legislative resolution reached on the 5th
of July 2010, following complaints and petitions received by us from both
local and foreign contractors over the non-payment of their over due
contract claim, this commission on fact finding on contract awards and
payments was inaugurated by American Government the World Bank and
European Union to ascertain the genuineness of the petition and to
recommend a final solution to this effect. This commission was recently
set up to ensure that all pending payment within Africa, Europe America
and Asia be released with immediate effect.

Apparently, investigations carried out by this new commission has
confirmed that a lot of people has been defraud/scam by asked them to pay
certain irrelevant charges by various individual, Financial institutions
and payment agencies and therefore making it very difficult for you to
meet such obligations which is contrary to section "37" subsection "c" of
the article xii of Banks and other financial decree of 1995 as amended in
2001. The American Anti Fraud Commission (AAFC) Inconjuction with World
Bank Anti Financial Crime Department (WAFCD) and Economic and Financial
Crime Commission (EFCC) has join hands to recover over US$5.8 Billion from
fraud stars around the globe, our arm is to use the money and share among
to all the people that were defraud¬/scam by the swindlers. We are hereby
advising you to report to us immediately if you have fall such victim
before. We assured you that if you can send a proof that you have been
duped by the swindlers you are entitle to receive the sum of US$800,000.00

All letters must be directed to the Chairman of the Commission Dr. Lionel
Jepson Jordan
E-mail: lioneljordan@instructor.net
Dr. Lionel Jepson Jordan
Chairman Anti Financial Crime Commission
(AFCC)

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