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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)
- "farida mzamber waziri" (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. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- infowebwaziri1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Mzamber Waziri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infowebwaziri1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:10:58 -0800
Subject: Subject: Payment Guideline
Executive Chairman, EFCC
Subject: Payment Guideline
this is to inform you that this office has been dully intervened on the release of your fund and we have mapped out to verified and investigate properly of Inheritance funds and Contractors funds.
We have found out that you genuinely executed your contract with Federal Government of Nigeria that is why we are contacted you We are going to give you more information and the only office you have to contact As it is the only office mandated and authorized to henceforth handle and effect all genuine contract payment and inheritance funds payments owed to beneficiaries by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) being an office that is executing and investigating all fund transfer, Finally, Please beware of Imposters and Impersonators as they are the enemy of this society and we are trying our possible best to make sure that we trap them down. Warning In your own good and best interest you are advised to stop forthwith any communication or dealings that you holding with any government prostates that falls outside the above stated instructions. EFCC will not hesitate to investigate, prosecute and convict anybody found violating our good e
fforts to forestall normalcy this
This message is for your eyes only, any attempt to dispatch or forward it to a second party amounts to obstruction of Federal investigation. Treat this matter with a great urgency to enable us serve you better. Thanks for your kind understanding and be guided properly by this payment advice.
EFCC Executive Chairman,
Chief Mrs. Farida Mzamber Waziri (AIG rtd.)"
Contact Email Address: infowebwaziri1@gmail.com
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