419 scam: "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY" <presofficnig2012@hotmail.com> OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

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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:
- "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. )
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.
- presofficnig2012@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- secret monitoring agency office via e-mail: ( presofficnig2012@hotmail.com) for immediate action. we apologized for the (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY" <presofficnig2012@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: govpobi2012@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 09:47:41 -0000
Subject: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
(FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA)

Dear Sir,

It beat my imagination and grudged me so immensely after
going through
the United Nations and World Bank Auditors' report which
was passed to
my Desk yesterday by my Special Adviser on Media and
Publicit from
Governor Peter Obi, The Honorary Presidential Adviser on
Finance and
the Governor of Anamabra State.
To proof my sanity in sanitizing of our financial industry, I
hereby
pass the vote of no confidence to all and sundries.
That, all the outstanding foreign contractors yet to be paid
here in
Nigeria or our foreign corresponding Banks or what we
called offshore
payment centers, I hereby instruct and order the paying
banks as
follows:

(a) To program all the Beneficiaries Banking coordinates
details into
their payment transfer system with immediate affect.

(b) All fees/Charges should be deducted from the
proceeding fund
following the Presidential Authority To Deduct All Fee Bond
(PATDFB)
that will be send to all the payment centers within 48 hours
of this
letter.

(c) The beneficiary is hereby instructed to pay the sum of
US$180.00
only for the Presidential Authority To Deduct All Fee Bond
(PATDFB).
Above all, The Economic and Financial Crime Commission
(EFCC),
American Secret Services, Interpol, FBI etc is hereby
obliged by the
law under Advance fee fraud, Act: 419 of the Criminal Code
to arrest
and arraign any official or Bank that demanded for any
Advance fee or
charge for any reason after the issuance of Presidential
Authority To
Deduct All Fee Bond (PATDFB) to the Beneficiary, such
person of Bank
should be reported immediately.
All such reports should be forwarded to the Presidential
Secret
Monitoring Agency office via e-mail:
( presofficnig2012@hotmail.com) for immediate action.
We apologized for the inconveniences the delay in paying
your long
over due fund might have caused you at past.

Kindly contact Gov. Peter Obi immediately to advice you
how to send
the (PATDFB) US$180.00 fee today E-Mail:
govpobi2012@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Sarah Jibril
Special Adviser to President
Ethics and Values.

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