419 scam: "Ibrahim Lamorde"<chairman@efccnigeria.org> Scam Syndicates apprehended..Claim your compensation

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ibrahim Lamorde" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ibrahim-lamorde@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 08:01:15 -0300
Subject: Scam Syndicates apprehended..Claim your compensation

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION {EFCC}/IN AFFILIATION WITH THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT.

We have been informed that you have been receiving several letters similar to this one you are reading right now from Nigeria 419 scam artists, soliciting for assistance to secure some huge amount of money in a Bank? with that you lost some amount of money and never realizes the funds in your account. Be informed that you have been scammed but, their is a good news for you. I am delegated from the EFCC to pay 150 scam victims USD$1,500,000.00 (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each.

Your E-Mail Address was provided by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever as the EFCC secret service is already on trace of the other criminals, so keep it secret till they are all apprehended. In other to compensate these victims, the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION {EFCC}/IN AFFILIATION with the NIGERIA GOVERNMENT, 150 victims will receive $1,500,000.00 each.

You will be detailed.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde

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